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Copyright, 1884, by H. G. Batterson, D.D. 



Copyright, 1891, by H. G. Batterson, D.D. 



DEDICATION. 



TO 
THE RIGHT REVEREND 

ROBERT HARPER CLARKSON, D.D., LL.D,, 

bishop of nebraska. 
My dear Bishop : 

To you, for whose abiding friendship I owe a debt of gratitude 
beyond the power of words ; to you, who, from the moment of your 
knowledge of the plan of this work, have never failed to cheer me 
with words of encouragement in the midst of what seemed at times 
insurmountable difficulties, I gladly dedicate my book. 

To your kindly expression of appreciation as to its value it owes its 
completion, and it is but an act of justice to associate your name with it 
in this way. 

May the love which has brightened so many years of our earthly 
life find its consummation in the joys of Paradise ! 
Faithfully yours, 

H. G. BATTERSON. 

Philadelphia, Easter-Tide, 1878. 



DEDICATION FOR THE THIRD EDITION. 



THE RIGHT REVEREND 
OZI WILLIAM WHITAKER, D.D. 

My dear Bishop : 

I thank you for giving me permission to dedicate this edition of my 
" Sketch-Book " to you. Your unvarying kindness, your sympathy, and 
wise counsel in a time of great distress and perplexity will never be for- 
gotten ; and I know of no better way to express my gratitude than by 
linking your name with that of the noble Bishop of Nebraska, in send- 
ing the book again into the world. 

Sincerely yours, 

H. G. BATTERSON. 

Philadelphia, 1891. 



PBEFACE. 



The purpose of this book is so plain, that to write a 
preface seems to be a " work of Supererogation." 

In the " Advertisement" to the first edition of Bos- 
well's life of Johnson, the author says : " Were I to 
" detail the books which I have consulted, and the 
" inquiries which I found it necessary to make by 
"various channels, I should probably be thought 
" ridiculously ostentatious. Let me only observe, as a 
" specimen of my trouble, that I have sometimes been 
" obliged to run half over London in order to fix a 
" date correctly, which, when I had accomplished, I 
"well knew would obtain me no praise, though a 
" failure would have been to my discredit." I quite 
understood and appreciated the meaning of Boswell, 
long before this book was finished. 

Those who use it will find many dates which conflict 
materially with previously published statements ; but in 
every such case the date I give is from actual records, 
such as Letters of Orders, private manuscript diaries, 
or authorities of a similar nature. I have found in 
some cases that even such authority is not always to be 
trusted. 

If any date or statement can be proved incorrect, I 
shall be very glad to have it rectified. 



Q PREFACE. 

It seems important to preserve here a few facts of 
history, which, though well known to many, are not 
widely known, and which, though not a part of the 
plan of this book, are of sufficient importance to be 
recorded in it. 

In the year 1720, Bishop Spinkes, Bishop Hawes, and 
Bishop Gandy, three Conjuring Bishops, Consecrated 
Ralph Taylor.* In 1722, Bishop Taylor alone Conse- 
crated Robert Welton, and in the same year, with "Wel- 
ton's assistance, he Consecrated John Talbot. The 
Consecration of "Welton and Talbot was uncanonical 

* Upon the accession of William and Mary to the Throne of Eng- 
land, a.d. 1689, an Oath of Allegiance was promulgated. 

The Bishops who refused to take the Oath were 

William Sancroft, Archbishop of Canterbury. 

Thomas Kenn, Bishop of Bath and Wells. 

Francis Turner, " " Ely. 

Robert Frampton, " " Gloucester. 

William Lloyd, " u Norwich. 

Thomas White, " " Peterborough. 

William Thomas, " " Worcester. 

John Lake, " " Chichester. 

Thomas Cartwright, " " Chester. 

On the 24th day of February, a.d. 1693, Bishops Lloyd, White 
and Turner, Consecrated George Hickes, as Bishop Suffragan of 
Thetford. 

In 1713, Hickes went to Scotland, and, assisted by Bishops Gad- 
derer and Campbell, of the Scots Church, Consecrated Jeremiah 
Collier, Samuel Hawes, and Nathaniel Spinkes. 

In 1716, Bishops Collier, Spinkes and Hawes, Consecrated Henry 
Gandy. 

In 1720, Bishops Spinkes, Hawes and Gandy, Consecrated Ralph 
Taylor, who Consecrated Welton and Talbot. 

Neither Taylor, Welton nor Talbot, was recognized as Bishop de 
jure, even by the Nonjurors. 



PREFACE. 7 

and irregular, but quite valid. It made them Bishops, 
but without "jurisdiction," and therefore without power 
to exercise Episcopal Authority or to perform Episco- 
pal Acts. 

Both came to America. Bishop Welton was the 
Rector of Christ Church, Philadelphia, from July, 
1724, until January, 1726, and Bishop Talbot was the 
Founder and Rector of S. Mary's Church, Burlington, 
New Jersey. 

Bishop Talbot died in November, 1727, and was 
buried in the Church Yard of S. Mary's, in Burling- 
ton. (For a full account of Bishop Talbot, see The 
History of The Church in Burlington, by the Rev. 
Geo. Morgan Hills, D.D.) 

Bishop Welton went to Portugal, and died at Lisbon, 
a.d. 1726. 

The account of Bishop Seabury's Consecration, with 
the Succession of the Scottish Bishops, I have thought 
it well to reprint, together with some official papers 
relating to the Consecration of Bishop "White and 
Bishop Provoost. 

The Succession in Canterbury, no well-read man can 
doubt for a moment. Roman Catholic Scholars have 
long since abandoned the silly " Nag's Head Fable,"* 

* Christopher Hollywood, or Holiwood, chr a Sacro Bosco. Sa- 
croboscus, or, as he sometimes signed himself, Johannes Bushlock. 
was an Irish Jesuit, born in Dublin, a.d. 1562. At the age of 22, 
he embraced the Institute of S. Ignatius at Dol, in France. He 
subsequently rose to distinction as a Professor of Philosophy and 
Divinity at Padua. He was ordered to Ireland to preside over his 
brethren, and embarked at Dieppe, in January, a.d. 1599, disguised 
as a merchant. On reaching Dover, he was apprehended and com- 
mitted to prison for refusing to take the Oath of Supremacy. 



8 PREFACE. 

published in Antwerp, a.d. 1604, by a Jesuit Priest, 
named Christopher Hollywood, (or Holiwood,) who, 



He was removed to London, where he was examined by Lord Cob- 
ham, Governor of the Cinque Ports, and sent to the Secretary, Sir 
Robert Cecil. He confessed that he was a " Priest and a Jesuit/' 
This he did because many persons in the kingdom Avere AA r ell ac- 
quainted with him at Padua. 

Cecil told him that he would not be disturbed, if he did not inter- 
fere in political matters. Replying at once with a defence of his 
Order and a warm vindication of its principles, Cecil became alarmed, 
and put him in close custody for three months. 

At the end of this time, upon the urgent solicitation of a relative, 
(Lord Dunsany,) he had liberty to receive his friends. 

He was subsequently removed to Framlington (or Framingham) 
Castle, where he remained until the accession of James I. to the 
Throne of England, a.d. 1603. " In the beginning of this year," 
says Challoner, " one Bishop of Ireland and four Fathers of the 
" Society of Jesus, sixteen other Priests, and four Catholic laymen, 
" prisoners in Framingham Castle, were transported into perpetual 
"banishment. The names of the four Jesuits, were Christopher 
" Holiwood, Roger Floyd, Edward Coffin, and Ralf Brickley." 

This was by virtue of the King's proclamation. 

Letters of Hollywood show him to have been at Lisle, June 30th, 
a.d. 1603, and at Douay, on the 16th of July in the same year. 

Hollywood embarked from St. Malo, and reached Ireland, March 
16th, 1604 — the eve of S. Patrick's Day — "Omen uti spero felix," as 
he Avrote in a letter telling of his safe arrival. Here we lose sight 
of him until May 1st, 1614, when he is heard of once more by a 
denouncement, made by King James in his speech to Parliament. 

The Royal Commissioners reported in 1615 that " Hollywood, a 
Jesuit, was kept and harboured by Sir Christopher Plunkett." 

He died September 14th, a.d. 1616. 

His published works are, — 

1. Defensio Concilii Tridentini et Sententiae Bellarmini de Aucto- 
ritate Vulgatse Editionis. 2. Libellus de investiganda vera et visi- 
bili Christi Ecclesia. 4to. AntAverp, 1604. 3. De Meteoris. 



PREFACE. 9 

having been banished from England, vented his spleen 
in that remarkable production. 

Mr. H. ]ST. Oxenham, one of the most careful of 
modern Roman Catholic students, in a recent work on 
Catholic Eschatology, admits that the Anglican Church 
has a " True Eucharist," because, he says : " The An- 
glican Church has (as I believe,) retained a true Priest- 
hood." 

If, as I hope, my book may find a place among 
works of Historic Record which are valued by Stu- 



It would be interesting to know what this remarkable " story- 
teller" was about, during the ten years from 1604 to 1614. 

The "Nag's Head" Story. "Archbishop Parker and some of 
the other Bishops were Consecrated (so to call it,) at The Nag's Head 
Tavern by a mock ceremony, all together, at one time, by Dr. Scory, 
who was himself in turn Consecrated in the like mock way by them" 

He does not specify the time of this Consecration, and he forgot 
that Dr. Scory had been consecrated in 1551, long before the time 
claimed by anybody as the time of Parker's Consecration ! Forty- 
five years after Parker's Consecration, this remarkable tale is pub- 
lished to the world ! It reflects little credit on the Roman Catholic 
authorities who circulated it, either for honesty of intention or for 
integrity of action. That it should have gained a moment's credence 
is indeed a marvel ! 

" The universal silence of all the Romish writers of that age, when 
the 'Nag's Head Ordination' is pretended to have been done, in a 
case which concerned them all so nearly, and which was the chief 
subject of all their disputes, is a convincing proof to all men who 
are not altogether possessed with prejudice, that either it was de- 
vised long after, or was so lewd a lie, that no man dared to own it, 
whilst thousands of eye-witnesses of Archbishop Parker's true 
Consecration at Lambeth were living." — Archbishop Bramhall. 

(The Editor thankfully acknowledges his obligations to The Rev. 
Thomas C. Yarnall, D.D., Rector of S. Mary's Church, Philadelphia, 
for his kindly assistance in gathering the incidents of this note.) 
a* 



10 PREFACE. 

dents and men of letters, I shall be amply repaid for 
all my labor. 

To The Right Eev. ¥m. Bacon Stevens, D.D., 
LL.D., for free access to his very complete collection 
of Journals, and for valuable assistance, I gladly record 
my obligations and very sincere thanks. 

It would take too much room, were I to print nothing 
more than the names of those who have kindly aided 
me in the search for dates and facts, and I can only 
thank them all most cordially and gratefully. 

H. G. BATTERSOK 

Philadelphia, Easter-Tide, 1884. 



CONTENTS 



NAME OF BISHOP. 



Samuel Seabury 

William White , 

Samuel Pro voost , 

James Madison 

Thomas John Claggett 

Robert Smith , 

Edward Bass , 

Abraham Jarvis 

Benjamin Moore 

Samuel Parker 

John Henxy Hobart 

Alexander Viets Gris wold , 

Theodore Dehon 

Richard Channing Moore 

James Kemp 

John Croes , 

Nathaniel Bowen , 

Philander Chase 

Thomas Church Brownell 

John Stark Ravenscroft 

Henry Ustick Onderdonk 

William Meade 

William Murray Stone 

Benjamin Tredwell Onderdonk 

Levi Silliman Ives 

John Henry Hopkins 

Benjamin Bosworth Smith 

Charles Pettit Mcllvaine 

George Washington Doane 

James Hervey Otey 

Jackson Kemper 

Samuel Allen McCoskry 

Leonidas Polk 



NAME OF SEE. 



Connecticut 

Pennsylvania 

New York 

Virginia 

Maryland 

South Carolina 

Massachusetts 

Connecticut 

New York... 

Massachusetts 

New York 

Eastern Diocese 

South Carolina 

Virginia 

Maryland 

New Jersey 

South Carolina 

Ohio 

Connecticut 

North Carolina 

Pennsylvania 

Virginia 

Maryland 

New York 

North Ca rolina 

Vermont 

Kentucky 

Ohio 

New Jersey 

Tennessee 

Wisconsin 

Michigan 

Louisiana 

11 



47 

51 

54 

56 

58 

60 

62 

64 

66 

68 

70 

73 

75 

77 

79 

81 

83 

S5 

89 

91 

94 

96 

98 

100 

102 

104 

107 

109 

113 

115 

117 

120 

122 



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CONTENTS. 



NAME OF BISHOP. 



William Heathcote De Lancey... 
Christopher Edwards Gadsden.... 
William Rollinson Whittingham 

Stephen Elliott 

Alfred Lee 

John Johns ... 

Manton Eastburn 

John Prentiss Kewley Henshaw 

Carlton Chase 

Nicholas Hamner Cobbs 

Cicero Stephens Hawks 

William Jones Boone 

George Washington Freeman 

Horatio Southgate 

Alonzo Potter 

George Burgess 

George Upfold 

William Mercer Green 

John Payne 

Francis Huger Puitledge 

John Williams 

Henry John Whitehouse 

Jonathan Mayhew Wainwright.. 

Thomas Frederick Davis 

Thomas Atkinson 

William Ingraham Kip 

Thomas Fielding Scott 

Henry Washington Lee 

Horatio Potter 

Thomas March Clark 

Samuel Bowman 

Alexander Gregg 

William Henry Odenheimer 

Gregory Thurston Bedell 

Henry Benjamin Whipple 

Henry Champlin Lay 

Joseph Cruikshank Talbot 

William Bacon Stevens 

Richard Hooker Wilmer 

Thomas Hubbard Vail 

Arthur Cleveland Coxe 

Charles Todd Quintard 

Robert Harper Clarkson 

George Maxwell Randall 

John Barrett Kerfoot 

Channing Moore Williams 

Joseph Pere Bell Wilmer......... 

George David Cummins 

William Edmond Armitage 

Henry Adams Neely 



NAME OF SEE. 



Western New York 

South Carolina 

Maryland 

Georgia 

Delaware 

Virginia 

Massach nsetts , 

lihode Island ,..., 

Neiv Hampshire , 

Alabama 

Missouri 

Amoy, China 

Arkansas 

Constantinople 

Pennsylvan ia 

Maine , 

Indiana 

Mississippi 

Africa 

Florida 

Connecticut...- 

Illin oi8 

New York 

South Carolina 

North Carolina 

California 

Oregon and Washington 

Iowa 

New York 

lihode Island 

Pennsylvania 

Texas 

New Jersey 

Ohio.... 

Minnesota 

Easton 

Indiana 

Pennsylvan ia , 

Alabama 

Kansas 

Western New York , 

Tennessee 

Nebraska , 

Colorado 

Pittsburg 

Yedo, Japan , 

Louisiana 

Kentucky 

Wisconsin 

Maine 



124 

126 
128 
130 
132 
134 
136 
138 
140 
142 
144 
146 
148 
150 
153 
155 
157 
159 
161 
163 
165 
167 
169 
172 
174 
176 
178 
179 
181 
183 
185 
187 
190 
192 
195 
197 
199 
201 
204 
206 
208 
213 
215 
217 
219 
221 
223 
225 
227 
229 



CONTENTS. 



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NAME OF BISHOP. 



Daniel Sylvester Tuttle 

John Freeman Young 

John Watrus Beckwith 

Francis McNeece Whittle 

Wm. Henry, Augustus Bissell 

Charles Franklin Robertson 

Benjamin Wistar Morris 

Abram Newkirk Littlejohn 

William Croswell Doane 

Frederic Dan Huntington 

Ozi William Whitaker- 

Henry Mies Pierce 

William Woodruff Mies 

Williain Pinkney 

William Bell White Howe 

Mark Antony DeWolfe Howe 

William Hobart Hare 

John Gottlieb Auer 

Benjamin Henry Paddock 

Theodore Benedict Lyman 

John Franklin Spalding 

Edward Randolph Welles 

Robert W. B. Elliott 

John Henry Ducachet Wingfield, 

Alexander Charles Garrett 

William Forbes Adams 

Thomas Underwood Dudley 

John Scarb trough 

George De Normandie Gillespie.. 

Thomas Augustus Jaggar 

William Edward McLaren 

John Henry Hobart Brown 

William Stevens Perry 

Charles Clifton Penick 

Samuel I. J. Sehereschewsky 

Alexander Burgess 

George William Peterkin 

George Franklin Seymour 

Samuel Smith Harris 

Thomas Alfred Starkey 

Thomas Nicholas Galleher 

George Kelly Dunlop 

Leigh Richmond Brewer 

John Adams Paddock 

Cortlandt Whitehead 

Hugh Miller Thompson 

David Buel Knickerbacker 

Henry Codman Potter 

Alfred Magill Randolph 

William David Walker 

Alfred Augustin Watson 



NAME OF SEE. 



Montana 

Florida 

Georgia 

Virginia 

Vermont 

Missouri 

Oregon and Washington.. 

Long Island 

Albany 

Central New York 

Nevada and Pennsylvania. 

Arkansas 

New Hampshire 

Marylan d 

South Carolina 

Central Pennsylvania 

Niobrara... 

Cape Palmas 

Massachusetts 

North Carolina 

Colorado 

Wisconsin 

Western Texas 

Northern California 

Northern Texas 

New Mexico and Arizona.. 

Kentucky 

New Jersey 

Western Michiga n 

Southern Ohio 

Illin ois 

Fond du Lac 

Iowa 

Cape Palmas 

Shanghai 

Quincy 

West Vi rgin ia 

Springfield 

Michigan 

Northern New Jersey 

Louisiana 

New Mexico and Arizona. 

Montana 

Wash ington Territory 

Pittsburgh 

Mississippi 

Indiana 

Neio York 

Virginia 

North Dakota 

East North Carolina 



231 
233 
235 
237 
239 
241 
243 
245 
248 
250 
253 
255 
257 
259 
261 
263 
266 
268 
270 
272 
274 
276 
278 
280 
283 
285 
287 
289 
291 
293 
295 
298 
300 
305 
307 
309 
311 
313 
316 
318 
320 
322 
324 
325 
327 
329 
332 
334 
337 
339 
341 



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CONTENTS. 



NO. 


NAME OF BISHOP. 


NAME OF SEE. 


PAGE. 


135 
136 
137 


William Jones Boone 

Nel?on Somerville Rulison 


China 

Central Pennsylvania 

Maryland 


343 
345 
347 


138 


George Worthington 


349 


139 






351 


140 






353 


141 




Minnesota 


355 


142 


Blisha Smith Thomas 


357 


143 
144 


Ethelbert Talbot 

James Steptoe Johnston 


Wyoming and Idaho 


359 
361 


145 




Nevada and Utah 


363 


146 




365 


147 
148 


John Mills Kendrick 


Arizona and New Mexico.. 


368 
370 


149 




Mihvankee 


373 


150 




375 


151 




Ohio 


378 


152 

153 


Thomas Frederick Davies 

Anson Rogers Graves 


Michigan 

The Platte 


380 
382 


154 


William Ford Nichols 




384 


155 


Edward Robert Atwill 




386 


156 






388 











PAPEES 

RELATIVE TO THE 

EPISCOPATE IN SCOTLAND 

SHOWING THE 

SUCCESSION FROM CANTERBURY 

TO 

CONNECTICUT. 



15 



PAPERS RELATIVE TO THE EPISCOPATE 
m SCOTLAND. 



Extract from the Register of Archbishop Juxon, in the Library of 
his Grace the Archbishop of Canterbury, at Lambeth Palace. — 
Fol. 237. 

" It appears that James Sharp was Consecrated .Arch- 
bishop of St. Andrew's — Andrew Fairfoull, Archbishop 
of Glasgow — Robert Leighton, Bishop of Doublenen 
(Dunblane) — and James Hamilton, Bishop of Galloway 
— on the 15th day of December, 1661, in St. Peter's 
Church, "Westminster, by Gilbert, Bishop of Loudon, 
Commissary to the Archbishop of Canterbury; and 
that the Right Rev. George, Bishop of Worcester, 
John, Bishop of Carlisle, and Hugh, Bishop of Lan- 
daff, were present and assisting." 

Extracted this 3d day of June, 1789, by me, 

William Dickes, Secretary. 

London, June 3, 1789. 
That the above is a true copy of an extract procured 
by order of Archbishop Moore, to be sent to Bishop 
Seabury, in Connecticut, is attested by us, Bishops of 
the Scottish Church, now in this place on business of 
importance to the said Church. 

John Skinner, Bishop. 

William Abernethy Drummond, Bishop. 

John Strachan, Bishop. 



18 THE EPISCOPATE IN SCOTLAND. 



A List of the Consecration and Succession of Scots Bishops, since 
the Revolution, 1688, under William the Third, as far as the Con- 
secration of Bishop Seabury is concerned. 

1693. Feb. 23. — Dr. George Hicks, was Consecrated 
Suffragan of Thetford, in the Bishop of Peterborough's 
chapel, in the parish of Enfield, by Dr. "William Lloyd, 
Bishop of Norwich, Dr. Francis Turner, Bishop of Ely, 
and Dr. Thomas White, Bishop of Peterborough. — 
N.B. Dr. Lloyd, Dr. Turner, and Dr. White, were three 
of the English Bishops who were deprived at the rev- 
olution, by the civil power, for not swearing allegiance 
to William the Third. They were also three of the 
Seven Bishops who had been sent to the Tower by 
James the Second, for refusing to order an illegal 
proclamation to be read in their Dioceses. 

1705. Jan. 25. — Mr. John Sage, formerly one of the 
Ministers of Glasgow, and Mr. John Fullarton, for- 
merly Minister of Paisley, were Consecrated at Edin- 
burgh, by John Paterson, Archbishop of Glasgow, 
Alexander Pose, Bishop of Edinburgh, and Robert 
Douglas, Bishop of Dunblane. — E". B. Archbishop 
Paterson, Bishop Pose, and Bishop Douglas, were 
deprived at the revolution, by the civil power, be- 
cause they refused to swear allegiance to William the 
Third. 

1709. April 28.— Mr. John Falconar, Minister at 
Cairnbee, and Mr. Henry Chrystie, Minister at Kin- 
ross, were Consecrated at Dundee, by Bishop Pose of 
Edinburgh, Bishop Douglas of Dunblane, and Bishop 
Sage. 

1711. Aug. 25. — The Honourable Archibald Camp- 



THE EPISCOPATE IN SCOTLAND. 19 

bell was Consecrated at Dundee, by Bi&hop Rose of 
Edinburgh, Bishop Douglas of Dunblane, and Bishop 
Falconar. 

1712. Feb. 24. — Mr. James Gadderar, formerly Min- 
ister at Kilmaurs, was Consecrated at London, by Bishop 
Hickes, Bishop Falconar, and Bishop Campbell. 

1712. Oct. 22.— Mr. Arthur Millar, formerly Minister 
at Inveresk, and Mr. William Irvine, formerly Minister 
at Kirkmichael, in Carrict, were Consecrated at Edin- 
burgh, by Bishop Rose of Edinburgh, Bishop Fullar- 
ton, and Bishop Falconar. 

After the Bishop of Edinburgh's death. 

1722. Oct. 7. — Mr. Andrew Cant, formerly one of 
the Ministers of Edinburgh, and Mr. David Freebairn, 
formerly Minister of Dunning, were Consecrated at 
Edinburgh, by Bishop Fullarton, Bishop Millar, and 
Bishop Irvine. 

1722. June 4. — Dr. Thomas Rattray, of Craighall, 
was Consecrated at Edinburgh, by Bishop Gadderar, 
Bishop Millar, and Bishop Cant. 

1727. June 18. — Mr. William Dunbar, Minister at 
Cruden, and Mr. Robert Keith, Presbyter in Edin- 
burgh, were Consecrated at Edinburgh, by Bishop Gad- 
derar, Bishop Millar, and Bishop Rattray. — ~N\B. They 
who were deprived of their parishes at the revolution 
are, in this list, called Ministers ; but they who have 
not been parish Ministers under the civil establishment, 
are called Presbyters. 

1736. June 24.— Mr. Robert White, Presbyter at 
Cupar, was Consecrated at Carsebank, near Forfar, by 
Bishop Rattray, Bishop Dunbar, and Bishop Keith. 

1741. Sept. 10.— Mr. William Falconar, Presbyter at 



20 THE EPISCOPATE IN SCOTLAND. 

Forres, was Consecrated at Alloa, in Clacmannanshire, 
by Bishop Rattray, Bishop Keith, and Bishop White. 

1742. Oct. 4. — Mr. James Rait, Presbyter at Dun- 
dee, was Consecrated at Edinburgh, by Bishop Rattray, 
Bishop Keith, and Bishop White. 

1743. Aug. 19. — Mr. John Alexander, Presbyter at 
Alloa, in Clacmannanshire, was Consecrated at Edin- 
burgh, by Bishop Keith, Bishop White, Bishop Fal- 
conar, and Bishop Rait. 

1747. July 17. — Mr. Andrew Gerard, Presbyter in 
Aberdeen, was Consecrated at Cupar, in Fife, by Bishop 
White, Bishop Falconar, Bishop Rait, and Bishop Alex- 
ander. 

1759. Nov. 1. — Mr. Henry Edgar was Consecrated at 
Cupar, in Fife, by Bishop White, Bishop Falconar, 
Bishop Rait, and Bishop Alexander, as coadjutor to 
Bishop White, then Primus. — K\B. Anciently, no 
Bishop in Scotland had the stile of Archbishop, but 
one of them had a precedency, under the stile of Primus 
Scotise Episcopus. And after the revolution they re- 
turned to their old stile, which they still retain, one of 
them being entitled Primus, to whom precedency is 
allowed, and deference paid in the Synod of Bishops. 

1762. June 24. — Mr. Robert Forbes was Consecrated 
at Forfar, by Bishop Falconar, Primus, Bishop Alex- 
ander, and Bishop Gerard. 

1768. Sept. 21.— Mr. Robert Kilgour, Presbyter at 
Peterhead, was Consecrated Bishop of Aberdeen, at 
Cupar, in Fife, by Bishop Falconar, Primus, Bishop 
Rait, aiid Bishop Alexander. 

1744. Aug. 24. — Mr. Charles Rose, Presbyter at 
Down, was Consecrated Bishop of Dunblane, at For- 



THE EPISCOPATE IN SCOTLAND. 21 

far, by Bishop Falconar, Primus, Bishop Eait, and 
Bishop Forbes. 

1776. June 27. — Mr. Arthur Petrie, Presbyter at 
Meikelfolla, was Consecrated Bishop Coadjutor at 
Dundee, by Bishop Falconar, Primus, Bishop Rait, 
Bishop Kilgour, and Bishop Rose, and appointed 
Bishop of Ross and Caithness, July 8th, 1777. — rJ.B. 
After the revolution, the Bishops in Scotland had no 
particular Diocess, but managed their ecclesiastical 
affairs in one body as a College; but finding incon- 
veniences in this mode, they took particular Dioceses, 
which, though not exactly according to the limits of 
the Dioceses under the former legal establishment, still 
retain their old names. 

1778. Aug. 13. — Mr. George Inness, Presbyter in 
Aberdeen, was Consecrated Bishop of Brechin, at 
Alloa, by Bishop Falconar, Primus, Bishop Rose, and 
Bishop Petrie. 

1782. Sept. 25. — Mr. John Skinner, Presbyter in 
Aberdeen, was Consecrated Bishop Coadjutor, at 
Luthermuir, in the Diocess of Brechin, by Bishop 
Kilgour, Primus, Bishop Rose, and Bishop Petrie. 

1784. Nov. 14. — Dr. Samuel Seabury, Presbyter, from 
the State of Connecticut, in America, was Consecrated 
Bishop at Aberdeen, by Bishop Kilgour, Primus, Bishop 
Petrie, and Bishop Skinner, — as by the deed of Con- 
secration, as follows, viz. : 

EST DEI XOMIXE.— Amex. 

Omnibus ubique Catholicis per Prsesentes pateat, 
Nos, Robertum Kilgour, miseratione divina, Episco- 
pum Aberdonien — Arthurum Petrie, Episcopum Ros- 



22 THE EPISCOPATE IN SCOTLAND. 

sen et Moravien — et Joannem Skinner, Episcopum Co- 
adjutorem; Mysteria Sacra Domini nostri Jesu Cbristi 
in Oratorio supradicti Joannis Skinner apud Aber- 
doniam celebrantes, Divini Numinis Prsesidio fretos 
(prsesentibus tam e Clero, quam e Populo testibus 
idoneis) Samuelem Seabury, Doctorem Divinitatis, sacro 
Tresbyteratus ordine jam decoratum, ac nobis prse 
Vitse integritate, Morum probitate et Orthodoxia, com- 
mendatum, et ad docendum et regendum aptum et 
idoneum, ad sacrum et sublimem Episcopates Ordinem 
promovisse, et rite ac canonice, secundum Morem et 
Rites Ecclesiae Scoticanee, consecrasse, Die !N"ovembris 
decimo quarto, Anno -zErse Christians Millesimo Sep- 
tingentesimo Octogesimo Quarto. 

In cujus Eei Testimonium, lustrum en to huic (chiro- 
grapbis nostris prius munito) Sigilla nostra apponi man- 
davimus. 

Robertus Kjlgour, JEpiscopus, et Primus, [l. s.] 
Arthurus Petrie, JSjriscopus. [l. s.] 

Joannes Skinner, Episcopus. [l. s.] 



Papers from " The Minute Book" of The College of Bishops in 
Scotland. 

Synod 1784. 

In the name of the Holy and Undivided Trinity. 
Amen. 

The American States having been by the Legislature 
of Great Britain declared independent, the Christians 
of the Episcopal persuasion in the State of Connecticut, 
who had long been anxiously desirous to have a valid 
and purely ecclesiastical Episcopacy established amongst 



THE EPISCOPATE IN SCOTLAND. 23 

them, thought they had now a favourable opportunity 
of getting this their desire, effected. 

With this view, the Rev. Dr. Samuel Seabury, one 
of the Episcopal clergy in that State, was sent over to 
England with ample certificates of his piety, abilities, 
and learning, and fitness for the Episcopal office, and 
recommendations by his brethren, both in Connecticut 
and New York, to the Archbishops of Canterbury and 
York, requesting that he might be consecrated for the 
State of Connecticut, After a long stay in England, 
and fruitless application for Consecration, Dr. Seabury 
wrote and made application to the Bishops of Scotland, 
who, after having seriously considered the matter, 
readily concurred to encourage and promote the pro- 
posal. In consequence of this, Dr. Seabury came to 
Scotland; and having notified his arrival, a day was 
fixed for his Consecration, and the place appointed was 
Aberdeen. On Saturday, the 13th of November, in 
the year of our Lord 1784, the following Bishops, viz. : 
— The Right Rev. Mr. Robert Kilgour, Bishop of 
Aberdeen and Primus; the Right Rev. Mr. John 
Skinner, his coadjutor; and the Right Rev. Mr. Ar- 
thur Petrie, Bishop of Ross and Moray, (the Right 
Rev. Mr. Charles Rose, Bishop of Dunblane, having 
previously signified his assent, and becused his absence 
by reason of his state of health and great distance,) 
convened at Aberdeen, where Dr. Seabury met them, 
and laid before them the following letters and papers, 
viz. : (1.) An attested copy of a letter from the clergy 
of Connecticut to the Archbishop of York, recom- 
mending Dr. Seabury m very strong terms, and re- 
questing he might be Consecrated for Connecticut. 



24 THE EPISCOPATE IN SCOTLAND. 

(2.) Another copy of a letter from the clergy of Xew 
York to both the Archbishops, signifying their con- 
currence and highly approving of the measure. (3.) A 
full and ample testimonial from the clergy of Connec- 
ticut and New York, jointly certifying Dr. Seabury's 
learning, abilities, prudence, and zeal for religion, and 
that they believed him to be every way qualified for 
the sacred office of a Bishop. (4.) A letter from the 
Committee of the Clergy in Connecticut to Dr. Sea- 
bury, acquainting him that they had made application 
to the Assembly of the State of Connecticut as to 
what protection might be expected for a Bishop in 
that State, if they should be able to procure one. 
That their application met with a degree of candour 
and attention beyond their expectation ; and that the 
opinion of the leading members of the Assembly 
appeared to coincide fully with theirs in respect of 
the need, propriety, and prudence of such a measure. 
That these members told them they had passed a law 
concerning the Episcopal Church, and invested her 
with all the legal powers and rights that is intended 
by their constitution to give to any denomination. 
That the protection asked for was necessarily included 
in the act ; that let a Bishop come, when he is there he 
will stand upon the same ground that the rest of the 
clergy do, or the Church at large. That the Legislature 
of the State would be so far from taking any umbrage, 
that in this transaction the Bishops would meet their 
generous wishes, and do a thing for which they would 
have their applause. (5.) A letter from the Committee 
of Convention in Connecticut to Dr. Seabury, amongst 
other things, signifying their reliance on his zeal and 



THE EPISCOPATE IN SCOTLAND-. 25 

fortitude to prosecute the affair in such, way as he can, 
and begging he will remember that, however glad they 
shall be to see him, and wish speed to the opportunity 
that may enable them to bid him a happy welcome, yet 
that his coming a Bishop will only prevent its being an 
unhappy meeting. (6.) A letter from Mr. Jarvis, Sec- 
retary of the Committee, to Dr. Seabury, accompany- 
ing the above letter, wherein Mr. Jarvis says, you may 
depend upon it you will be kindly treated in this State, 
let your ordination come from what quarter it will. 
(7.) An attested copy of the above-mentioned Act of 
the State of Connecticut for securing the rights of 
conscience in matters of religion to Christians of every 
denomination, passed in the January session 1783. 

The said Bishops thus convened, after reading and 
considering these papers, and conversing at full length 
with Dr. Seabury, were fully satisfied of his fitness to 
be promoted to the Episcopate, and of the reasonable- 
ness and propriety of the request of these papers ; and 
therefore, the day following being Sunday, the 14th of 
the said month of November, after morning prayers, 
and a sermon suitable to the occasion, preached by 
Bishop Skinner, they proceeded to the Consecration 
of the said Dr. Samuel Seabury, in the said Bishop 
Skinner's Chapel in Aberdeen, and he was then and 
there duly Consecrated with all becoming solemnity by 
the said Right Rev. Mr. Robert Kilgour, Mr. Arthur 
Petrie, and Mr. John Skinner, in the presence of a 
considerable number of respectable clergymen and a 
great number of laity, on which occasion all testified 
great satisfaction. On Monday the 15th, a Concordate 
betwixt the Episcopal Church in Scotland and that 

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26 THE EPISCOPATE IN SCOTLAND. 

in Connecticut was formed and agreed upon by the 
Bishops of Scotland and Bishop Seabury, to their 
mutual satisfaction ; and two duplicates thereof, wrote 
upon vellum, were duly signed and sealed by all the 
four. One duplicate, together with the above-men- 
tioned letters and papers respecting Dr. Seabury, was 
kept by the Bishops of Scotland, to be preserved 
among their records; and the other double, together 
with a letter from the Bishops of Scotland to the 
clergy of Connecticut, wrote also upon vellum, and 
duly signed and sealed, was delivered to Bishop Sea- 
bury: and so the Synod broke up. Copies of the 
Concordate and letter are herein inserted, and are as 
follows : 

Concordat. 

In the name of the Holy and Undivided Trinity, 
Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, one God, Blessed for 
ever. Amen. The wise and gracious providence of 
this merciful God having put it into the hearts of the 
Christians of the Episcopal persuasion in Connecticut 
in North America, to desire that the blessings of a 
free, valid, and purely ecclesiastical Episcopacy might 
be communicated to them, and a Church regularly 
formed in that part of the western world, on the most 
ancient and primitive model; and application having 
been made for this purpose by the Rev. Doctor Samuel 
Seabury, Presbyter in Connecticut, to the Right Rev. 
the Bishops of the Church in Scotland, the said Bishops 
having taken this proposal into their serious considera- 
tion, most heartily concurred to promote and encourage 
the same as far as lay in their power, and, accordingly, 
began the pious and good work recommended to them, 



THE EPISCOPATE IN SCOTLAND. 27 

by complying with the request of the clergy in Con- 
necticut, and advancing the same Dr. Samuel Seabury 
to the high order of the Episcopate, at the same time 
earnestly praying that this work of the Lord, thus hap- 
pily begun, might prosper in His Hand, till it should 
please the great and glorious Head of the Church to 
increase the number of Bishops in America, and send 
forth more such labourers into that part of His harvest. 
Animated with this pious hope, and earnestly desirous 
to establish a bond of peace and holy communion be- 
tween the two Churches, the Bishops of the Church in 
Scotland, whose names are underwritten, having had 
full and free conference with Bishop Seabury, after his 
Consecration and advancement as aforesaid, agreed 
with him on the following articles, which are to serve 
as a Concordate, or bond of union, between the Catho- 
lic remainder of the ancient Church of Scotland, and 
the now rising Church in Connecticut. 

Art. I. They agree in thankfully receiving, and 
humbly and heartily embracing the whole doctrine 
of the Gospel as revealed and set forth in the Holy 
Scriptures, and it is their earnest and united desire to 
maintain the analogy of the common faith once de- 
livered to the saints, and happily preserved in the 
Church of Christ, through His Divine power and 
protection, Who promised that the gates of hell 
should never prevail against it. 

Art. II. They agree in believing this Church to be 
the mystical body of Christ, and of which He alone is 
the head and supreme governor, and that under Him 
the chief ministers or managers of the affairs of this 
spiritual society are those called Bishops, whose ex- 



28 THE EPISCOPATE IN SCOTLAND. 

ercise of their sacred office being independent of all 
lay powers, it follows, of consequence, that their spirit- 
ual authority and jurisdiction cannot be affected by any 
lay deprivation. 

Art. III. They agree in declaring that the Episcopal 
Church in Connecticut is to be in full communion with 
the Episcopal Church in Scotland, it being their sincere 
resolution to put matters on such a footing as that the 
members of both Churches may with freedom and safety 
communicate with either, when their occasions call them 
from the one country to the other. Only taking care, 
when in Scotland, not to hold communion in sacred 
offices with those persons who, under the pretence of 
ordination by an English or Irish Bishop, do, or shall 
take upon them to officiate as clergymen in any part of 
the National Church of Scotland, and whom the Scottish 
Bishops cannot help looking upon as schismatical in- 
truders, designed only to answer worldly purposes, and 
uncommissioned disturbers of the poor remains of that 
once nourishing Church, which both their predecessors 
and they have, under many difficulties, labored to pre- 
serve pure and uncorrupted to future ages. 

Art. IV. With a view to this salutary purpose men- 
tioned in the preceding article, they agree in desiring 
that there may be as near a conformity in Avorship and 
discipline established between the two Churches as is 
consistent with the different circumstances and customs 
of nations; and in order to avoid any bad effects that 
might otherwise arise from political differences, they 
hereby express their earnest wish and firm intention 
to observe such prudent generality in their public 
prayers with respect to these points as shall appear 



THE EPISCOPATE IN SCOTLAND. £9 

most agreeable to Apostolic rules,, and the practice of 
the Primitive Church. 

Art. V. As the celebration of the Holy Eucharist, 
or the administration of the Sacrament of the Body 
and Blood of Christ is the principal bond of union 
among Christians, as well as the most solemn act of 
worship in the Christian Church, the Bishops aforesaid 
agree in desiring that there may be as little variance 
here as possible ; and though the Scottish Bishops are 
very far from prescribing to their brethren in this 
matter, they cannot help ardently wishing that Bishop 
Seabury would endeavor all he can, consistently with 
peace and prudence, to make the celebration of this 
Venerable Mystery conformable to the most primitive 
doctrine and practice in that respect, which is the pat- 
tern the Church of Scotland has copied after in her 
Communion Office, and which it has been the wish of 
some of the most eminent Divines of the Church of 
England, that she also had more closely followed than 
she seems to have done since she gave up her first 
reformed Liturgy, used in the reign of Xing Edward 
VI., between which, and the form used in the Church 
of Scotland, there is no difference in any point, which 
the Primitive Church reckoned essential to the right 
ministration of the Holy Eucharist. In this capital 
article, therefore, the Eucharistick service, in which the 
Scottish Bishops so earnestly wish for as much unity 
as possible, Bishop Seabury also agrees to take a seri- 
ous view of the Communion Office recommended by 
them, and if found agreeable to the genuine standards 
of antiquity, to give his sanction to it, and by gentle 
methods of argument and persuasion, to endeavour, as 

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30 THE EPISCOPATE IN SCOTLAND. 

they have clone, to introduce it by degrees into prac- 
tice, without the compulsion of authority on the one 
side, or the prejudice of former custom on the other. 

Art. VI. It is also hereby agreed and resolved upon, 
for the better answering the purpose of this Concordate, 
that a brotherly fellowship be henceforth maintained 
between the Episcopal Churches in Scotland and Con- 
necticut, and such a mutual intercourse of ecclesiastical 
correspondence carried on, when opportunity offers, or 
necessity requires, as may tend to the support and 
edification of both Churches. 

Art. VII. The Bishops aforesaid do hereby jointly 
declare, in the most solemn manner, that in the whole 
of this transaction they have nothing else in view but 
the glory of God, and the good of His Church; and 
being thus pure and upright in their intentions, they 
cannot but hope that all whom it may concern will put 
the most fair and candid construction on their conduct, 
and take no offence at their feeble but sincere endeavours 
to promote what they believe to be the cause of truth 
and the common salvation. 

In testimony of their love to which, and in mutual 
good faith and confidence, they have, for themselves 
and their successors in office, cheerfully put their names 
and seals to these presents, at Aberdeen, this 15th day 
of November, in the year of our Lord 1784. 
(Sic Sub.) Robert Kilgour, 

Bishop and Primus. [l. s.] 

John Skinner, Bishop. [l. s.] 

Arthur Petrie, Bishop, [l. s.] 

Samuel Seabury, Bishop, [l. s.] 

Arthur Petrie, Clerk. 



THE EPISCOPATE IN SCOTLAND. 31 

Letter from the Bishops of Scotland to the Episcopal Clergy of the 
State of Connecticut, in North America, dated at Aberdeen the 
15th of November, 1784. 

Kev. Brethren and Well Beloved in Christ — 
Whereas it has been represented to us, the Bishops of 
the Episcopal Church of Scotland, by the Rev. Dr. 
Samuel Seabury, your fellow Presbyter in the State of 
Connecticut, that you are desirous to have the blessings 
of a free, valid, and purely ecclesiastical Episcopacy 
communicated to you, and that you do consider the 
Scottish Episcopacy to be such in every sense of the 
word; and the said Dr. Seabury having been suf- 
ficiently recommended to us as a person very fit for 
the Episcopate, and whom you are willing to acknowl- 
edge and submit to as your Bishop, when properly 
authorised to take the charge of you in that character — 
Know, therefore, dearly beloved, that we, the Bishops, 
and, under Christ, the governors by regular succession , 
of the Episcopal Church of Scotland, considering the 
reasonableness of your request, and being entirely 
satisfied with the recommendations in favour of the 
said Dr. Samuel Seabury, have accordingly promoted 
him to the high order of the Episcopate, by the laying 
on of our hands, and have thereby invested him with 
proper powers for governing and performing all Epis- 
copal Offices in the Church subsisting in the State of 

J. o 

Connecticut in North America. And having thus far 
complied with your desire, and done what was incum- 
bent on us to keep up the Episcopal Succession in a 
part of the Christian Church which is now, by mutual 
agreement, loosed from and given up by those who 
once took the charge of it, permit us, therefore, Rev- 



32 THE EPISCOPATE IN SCOTLAND. 

erend Brethren, to request your hearty and sincere 
endeavours to further and carry on the good work we 
have happily begun. To this end, we hope you will 
receive and acknowledge the Eight Reverend Bishop 
Seabury as your Bishop, and spiritual governor, that 
you will pay him all due and canonical obedience in 
that sacred character, and reverently apply to him for 
all Episcopal Offices which you, or the people committed 
to your pastoral care, may stand in need of at his 
hands, till, through the goodness of God, the number 
of Bishops be increased among you, and the State of 
Connecticut be divided into separate districts or Dio- 
ceses, as is the case in other parts of the Christian 
world. This recommendation we natter ourselves you 
will take in good part from the governors of a Church 
which cannot be suspected of aiming at supremacy of 
any kind, or over any people. Unacquainted with the 
politics of nations, and under no temptation to inter- 
fere in matters foreign to us, we have no other object 
in view but the interests of the Mediator's kingdom, 
no higher ambition than to do our duty as messengers 
of the Prince of Peace. In the discharge of this duty 
the example which we wish to copy after is that of the 
Primitive Church while in a similar situation, uncon- 
nected with, and unsupported by, the temporal powers. 
On this footing, it is our earnest desire that the Epis- 
copal Church in North America be in full communion 
with the Episcopal Church in Scotland, as we, the 
underwritten Bishops, for ourselves, and our successors 
in office, agree to hold communion with Bishop Sea- 
bury, and his successors, as practised in the various 
provinces of the Primitive Church, in all the funda- 



THE EPISCOPATE IN SCOTLAND. 33 

mental articles of faith, and by mutual intercourse of 
ecclesiastical correspondence and brotherly fellowship, 
when opportunity offers or necessity requires. Upon 
this plan, which we hope will meet your joint approba- 
tion, and according to this standard of primitive prac- 
tice, a Concordate has been drawn up and signed by 
us, the Bishops of the Church in Scotland, on the one 
part, and by Bishop Seabury on the other, the articles 
of which are to serve as a bond of union between the 
Catholic remainder of the ancient Church of Scotland, 
and the now rising Church in the United States of 
America. Of this Concordate a copy is herewith sent 
for your satisfaction; and after having duly weighed 
the several articles of it, we hope yon will find them all 
both expedient and equitable, dictated by a spirit of 
Christian meekness, and proceeding from a pure regard 
to regularity and good order. As such we most earn- 
estly recommend them to your serious attention, and, 
with all brotherly love, entreat your hearty and sincere 
compliance with them. 

A Concordate thus established in mutual good faith 
and confidence, will, by the blessing of God, make our 
ecclesiastical union firm and lasting : And we have no 
other desire but to render it conducive to that peace, 
and agreeable to that truth, which it ever has been, and 
shall be, our study to seek after and cultivate. And 
may the God of Peace grant you to be like-minded. 
May He who is the Great High Priest of our pro- 
fession, the Shepherd and Bishop of our souls, prosper 
these our endeavours for the propagation of His truth 
and righteousness : May He graciously accept our im- 
perfect services, grant success to our good designs, and 

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34 THE EPISCOPATE IN SCOTLAND. 

make His Church to be yet glorious upon earth, and 
the joy of all lands ! To His Divine benediction we 
heartily commend you, your flocks, and your labours, 
and are, Reverend Sirs, 

Your affectionate Brethren and Fellow-Servants in 
Christ. 

The above letter was duly signed and sealed upon 
vellum by Bishops Kilgour, Petrie, and Skinner, and 
delivered to Bishop Seabury. 

After which the meeting was dissolved. 

(Signed) Arthur Petrie, Clerk. 



SOME PAPEES 

RELATIVE TO THE 

CONSECRATION 

OF 

THE RIGHT REV. WILLIAM WHITE, D.D., 

AND 

THE RIGHT REV. SAMUEL PROVOOST, D-.D. 



THE ACT OF PARLIAMENT. 



An Act to empower the Archbishop of Canterbury, or the Archbishop 
of York, for the time being, to consecrate to the Office of a Bishop, 
Persons, being Subjects or Citizens of Countries out of His Majesty's 
dominions. 

Whereas, by the laws of this realm, no person can 
be consecrated to the Office of a Bishop without the 
King's licence for his election to that office, and the 
Royal mandate under the Great Seal for his confirma- 
tion and consecration ; and whereas every person who 
shall be consecrated to the said office is required to 
take the oaths of allegiance and supremacy, and also 
the oath of due obedience to the Archbishop : And 
whereas there are divers persons, subjects or citizens 
of countries out of his Majesty's dominions, inhabiting 
and residing within the said countries, who profess the 
public worship of Almighty God according to the prin- 
ciples of the Church of England, and who, in order to 
provide a regular succession of Ministers for the ser- 
vice of their Church, are desirous of having certain of 
the subjects or citizens of those countries consecrated 
Bishops, according to the form of consecration in the 
Church of England : Be it enacted by the King's most 
excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent 
of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal and Commons 
in this present Parliament assembled, and by the 
authority of the same, that from and after the passing 
of this Act, it shall and may be lawful to and for the 

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38 THE ACT OF PARLIAMENT. 

Archbishop of Canterbury, or the Archbishop of York, 
for the time being, together with such other Bishops 
as they shall call to their assistance, to consecrate per- 
sons being subjects or citizens of countries out of his 
Majesty's dominions, Bishops for the purposes afore- 
said, without the King's licence for their election, or 
the Royal mandate under the Great Seal for their con- 
firmation and consecration, and without requiring 
them to take the oaths of allegiance and supremacy, 
and the oath of due obedience to the Archbishop for 
the time being. Provided always, that no persons shall 
be consecrated Bishops in the manner herein provided, 
until the Archbishop of Canterbury, or the Archbishop 
of York, for the time being, shall have first applied for 
and obtained his Majesty's licence, by warrant under 
his Royal signet and sign manual, authorizing and em- 
powering him to perform such consecration, and ex- 
pressing the name or names of the persons so to be 
consecrated ; nor until the said Archbishop has been 
fully ascertained of their sufficiency in good learning, 
of the soundness of their faith, and of the purity of 
their manners. Provided also, and be it hereby de- 
clared, that no person or persons consecrated to the 
office of a Bishop in the manner aforesaid, nor any 
person or persons deriving their consecration from or 
under any Bishop so consecrated, nor any person or 
persons admitted to the Order of Deacon or Priest by 
any Bishop or Bishops so consecrated, or by the suc- 
cessor or successors of any Bishop or Bishops so conse- 
crated, shall be thereby enabled to exercise his or their 
respective office or offices within his Majesty's do- 
minions. Provided always, and be it farther enacted, 



THE ACT OF PARLIAMENT 39 

fchat a certificate of such consecration shall he given 
under the hand and seal of the Archbishop who conse- 
crates, containing the name of the person so conse- 
crated, with the addition as well of the country whereof 
he is a subject or citizen, as of the Church in which he 
is appointed Bishop, and the farther description of his 
not having taken the said oaths, being exempted from 
the obligation of so doing by virtue of this Act. 

PROCLAMATION OF THE AECH-BISHOP OF 
CANTERBURY. 

To all Persons to whom these presents shall come, 
or whom the same shall or may in any wise or at any 
time concern, we, John, by Divine Providence, Lord 
Archbishop of Canterbury, Primate of all England, 
and Metropolitan, send greeting : 

"Whereas by an Act of Parliament passed at "West- 
minster, in the twenty-sixth year of the reign of our 
sovereign lord George the Third, King of Great 
Britain, France, and Ireland, intituled, " An Act to 
empower the Archbishop of Canterbury, or the Arch- 
bishop of York, for the time being, to consecrate to the 
Office of a Bishop, Persons, being Subjects or Citizens 
of Countries out of His Majesty's dominions," — 

It is enacted, — that it shall and may be lawful to and 
for the Archbishop of Canterbury, or the Archbishop 
of York, for the time being, together with such other 
Bishops as they shall call to their assistance, to conse- 
crate persons being subjects or citizens of countries 
out of his Majesty's dominions, Bishops for the pur- 
poses aforesaid, without the King's licence for their 



40 PROCLAMATION OF 

election, or the Royal mandate under the Great Seal 
for their confirmation and consecration, and without 
requiring them to take the oaths of allegiance and 
supremacy, and the oath of due obedience to the 
Archbishop for the time being. Provided always, 
that no persons shall be consecrated Bishops in the 
manner herein provided, until the Archbishop of Can- 
terbury, or the Archbishop of York, for the time being, 
shall have first applied for and obtained his Majesty's 
licence, by warrant under his Royal signet and sign 
manual, authorizing and empowering him to perform 
such consecration, and expressing the name or names 
of the persons so to be consecrated ; nor until the said 
Archbishop has been fully ascertained of their suf- 
ficiency in good learning, of the soundness of their 
faith, and of the purity of their manners. Provided 
also, and be it hereby declared, that no person or per- 
sons consecrated to the office of a Bishop in the man- 
ner aforesaid, nor any person or persons deriving their 
consecration from or under any Bishop so consecrated, 
nor any person or persons admitted to the Order of 
Deacon or Priest by any Bishop or Bishops so conse- 
crated, or by the successor or successors of any Bishop 
or Bishops so consecrated, shall be thereby enabled to 
exercise his or their respective office or offices within 
his Majesty's dominions. Provided always, and be it 
farther enacted, that a certificate of such consecration 
shall be given under the hand and seal of the Arch- 
bishop who consecrates, containing the name of the 
person so consecrated, with the addition as well of 
the country whereof he is a subject or citizen, as of 
the Church in which he is appointed Bishop, and the 



THE ARCH-BISHOP OF CANTERBURY. 41 

farther description of his not having taken the said 
oaths, heing exempted from the obligation of so doing 
by virtue of this Act. 

"Now know all men by these presents, that we the 
said John Lord Archbishop of Canterbury, having 
obtained his Majesty's licence, by warrant under his 
royal signet and sign manual, did, in pursuance of 
the said Act of Parliament, on Sunday, the fourth 
day of February, in the year of our Lord One thou- 
sand seven hundred and eighty-seven, in the Chapel 
of our Palace at Lambeth, in the county of Surry, 
admit our beloved in Christ, William White, Clerk, 
D.D., a subject or citizen of the State of Pennsyl- 
vania, in North America, and Hector of Christ Church 
and St. Peter's, in the city of Philadelphia, in the said 
State, of whose sufficiency in good learning, soundness 
in the faith, and purity of manners, we were fully as- 
certained, into the office of a Bishop of the Protestant 
Episcopal Church, in the State of Pennsylvania afore- 
said, to which the said William White hath been elected 
by the Convention for the said State, as appears unto 
us by due testimony thereof by him produced, and 
him the said William White did then and there rightly 
and canonically consecrate a Bishop, according to the 
manner and form prescribed and used by the Church 
of England, his taking the oaths of allegiance, suprem- 
acy, and canonical obedience only excepted, he being 
exempted from the obligation of taking the said oaths 
by virtue of the above recited act. Provided, that 
neither he the said Bishop, nor any person or persons 
deriving their consecration from or under him, nor any 
person or persons admitted to the Order of Deacon or 



42 PROCLAMATION OF 

Priest by him, or his successor or successors, shall be 
enabled to exercise his or their respective office or 
offices within His Majesty's dominions. In testimony 
whereof we have caused our Archi-Episcopal seal to 
be affixed to these presents. — Given at Lambeth House 
the day and year above written, and in the fourth year 
of our translation. 

J. [l. s.] Cantuar. 

We, "William Lord Archbishop of York, Charles 
Lord Bishop of Bath and Wells, and John Lord Bishop 
of Peterborough, were present, and assisting at the 
consecration within mentioned. 

W. Ebor, 

C. Bath and Wells. 

J. Peterborough. 

The signatures of the Archbishops of Canterbury 
and York, and of the Bishops of Bath and Wells, and 
Peterborough, were made in my presence, February 
4th, 1787. 

Wm. Dickes, 

(Copy.) Secretary to the Archbishop of Canterbury. 

On Sunday, the fourth day of February, in the year 
of our Lord One thousand seven hundred and eighty- 
seven, and in the fourth year of the translation of the 
Most Reverend Father in God, John, by Divine Provi- 
dence Lord Archbishop of Canterbury, Primate of all 
England, and Metropolitan, in the Chapel at the Palace 
at Lambeth, in the county of Surry, the said Most 
Reverend Father in God, by virtue and authority of 



THE ARCH-BISHOP OF CANTERBURY. 43 

a certain licence or warrant from his most gracious 
Majesty, and our sovereign Lord George the Third, by 
the grace of God of Great Britain, France, and Ireland, 
King, Defender of the Faith ; and so forth, to him in 
this behalf directed, the Most Reverend Father in God, 
William, by the same Providence Lord Archbishop of 
York, Primate of England and Metropolitan, and the 
Right Reverend Fathers in God, Charles, by divine 
permission Lord Bishop of Bath and Wells, and John, 
by divine permission Lord Bishop of Peterborough, 
assisting him, consecrated the Rev. William White. 
Doctor in Divinity, Rector of Christ Church and St. 
Peter's, in the city of Philadelphia, a subject or citizen 
of the United States of North. America, and the Rev- 
erend Samuel Provoost, Doctor -in Divinity, Rector of 
Trinity Church in the city of New York, a subject or 
citizen also of the United States of North America, to 
the Office of a Bishop respectively, the rites, circum- 
stances, and ceremonies anciently used in the Church 
of England being observed and applied, according to 
the tenor of an Act passed in the twenty-sixth year 
of the reign of his said Majesty, intituled, " An Act 
to empower the Archbishop of Canterbury, or the 
Archbishop of York, for the time being, to consecrate 
to the Office of a Bishop, persons being subjects or 
citizens of countries out of his Majesty's dominions," 
in the presence of me, Robert Jenner, Notary Public, 
one of the Deputy Registers of the Province of Can- 
terbury, being then and there present the Reverend 
and Worshipful William Backhouse, Doctor in Divinity, 

Archdeacon of Canterbury, the Rev Lort, Doctor 

in Divinity, the Rev. Drake, Doctor in Divinity, 



14 CERTIFICATE, ETC. 

William Diekes, Esquire, Notary Public, Secretary to 
his grace the said Lord Archbishop of Canterbury, 
with many others in great numbers then and there 
assembled. Which I attest. 

Rt. Jenner, 
(Copy.) Notary Public — Actuary assumed. 

And we, the underwritten Notaries Public, by royal 
authority duly admitted and sworn, residing in Doctors 
Commons, London, do hereby certify and attest, to all 
whom it may concern, that Robert Jenner, whose name 
is subscribed to the aforegoing act, was and is a Notary 
Public, and one of the Deputy Registers of the Province 
of Canterbury, and that the letters, name, and words, 
" Rt. Jenner, Notary Public," thereto subscribed, were 
and are of the proper handwriting and subscription of 
the said Robert Jenner; and that we saw him sign the 
same ; and that full faith and entire credit is and ought 
to be given to all the acts, subscriptions, and attesta- 
tions, of the said Robert Jenner, as well in judgment 
as out. In testimony whereof Ave have hereunto sub- 
scribed our names, to serve and avail as occasion may 
require, at Doctors Commons, London, this fifth day 
of February, in the year of our Lord One thousand 
seven hundred and eighty-seven. Which we attest. 

Edward Cooper, Notary Public. 
(Copy.) William Abbot, Notary Public. 



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AMEEICAE" EPISCOPATE. 



45 



THE AMERICAN EPISCOPATE. 



No. 1. 

THE RIGHT REVEREND 

SAMUEL SEABURY, D.D. 

The first Bishop of Connecticut and of The American 
Church, was born at North-Groton (now Ledyard), in 
Connecticut, on the 30th day of November, a.d. 1729. 

He graduated at Yale College, New Haven, Con- 
necticut, a.d. 1748. 

In August, 1752, he embarked for Scotland, where 
he studied Medicine at The University of Edinburgh, 
as a valuable adjunct to his intended work in the Min- 
istry of the Church. 

Ordered Deacon on the 21st day of December, a.d. 
1753, by The Eight Rev. John Thomas, D.D., Bishop 
of Lincoln, who acted for The Bishop of London. 

Ordained Priest on the 23d day of December, 1753, 
by The Eight Eev. Ei chard Osbaldeston, D.D., Bishop 
of Carlisle, who also acted for The Bishop of London. 

Returning to America, he became Rector of Christ's 
Church, New-Brunswick, New Jersey. 

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48 SAMUEL SEA BURY. 

In 1757 he became Rector of Grace Church, Jamaica, 
Long Island. 

In 1766 Sector of S. Peter's Church, Westchester, 
New York. 

During the greater part of the war of the Revolution 
he resided in the city of New York. 

On the 21st day of April, 1783, he was elected as the 
drst Bishop of Connecticut. 

He sailed for England, hoping to be consecrated by 
The Archbishop of Canterbury, but so many obstacles 
lay in his way that he proceeded to Scotland, where 

He was Consecrated Bishop of Connecticut on the 
14th day of November, a.d. 1784, at Aberdeen, by The 
Right Rev. Robert Kilgour, D.D., Primus, and Bishop 
of Aberdeen, assisted by The Right Rev. Arthur Petrie, 
D.D., Bishop of Ross and Moray, and The Right Rev. 
John Skinner, D.D., Bishop-Coadjutor of Aberdeen. 

Returning to his native State, he became the Rector 
of S. James' Church, New London, which position he 
held until his death. 

On the 3d clay of August, a.d. 1785, he met his clergy 
at Middletown, and on that day he admitted four young 
men to the Diaconate. The senior of this class was 
Mr. Ashbel Baldwin. This was the first Ordination in 
America. 

The Degree of Doctor in Divinity was conferred 
upon him by The University of Oxford, a.d. 1777. 

Bishop Seabury died on the 25th day of February, 
a.d. 1796. He was buried in the Public Cemetery at 
New London, but in 1849 his remains were translated 
to the Chancel of S. James' Church, New London, 
where, at the joint expense of the Diocese and Parish, 



SAMUEL SEABURY. 49 

a handsome Monument of freestone, in the form of an 
Altar-tomb underneath a canopy surmounted by a 
Mitre, was placed over his final resting-place. On the 
slab above the tomb this simple record was engraven : 

The Right Rev. Father in God, 
SAMUEL SEABURY, D.D., 

First Bishop of Connecticut, 

And of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States ; 

Consecrated at Aberdeen, Scotland, Nov. 14, 1784 ; 

Died Feb. 25, 1796 ; aged 67. 

The Diocese of Connecticut recorded here 

its grateful memory of his virtues and services, 

A. D. 1849. 

And, on a brass plate inserted in its upper surface, this 
inscription : 

Q 



Sub pavimento altaris 

Ut in loco quietis ultimo usque ad magni diei judicium 

Exuviae mortales praesulis admodum reverendi nunc restant, 

SAMUELIS SEABURY, S.T.D. Oxon., 

Qui primus in rempublicam novi orbis Anglo Americanam 

successionem apostolicam, 

E. Scotia transtulit XVIII. Kal. Dec. A.D. CIOIOCCLXXXIV. 

Diocesis sua 

laborum et angustiarum tarn chari capitis nunquam oblita 

in ecclesia nova S. Jacobi majoris Neo Londinensi olim sede sua 

hoc monumentum nunc demum longo post tempore honoris causa 

anno salut. nost. CIOIOCCCXLIX ponere curavit. 

Writings.— 1. A Charge to the Clergy of the Dio- 
cese of Connecticut, on recommending Candidates for 
Orders, and on Confirmation. 2. A List of the Succes- 



5Q SAMUEL SEABURY. 

sion of Scots Bishops, from 1688 to 1785. 3. A Charge 
to the Clergy of Connecticut on the Proper Deport- 
ment of the Clergy, the Religious Errors of the Times, 
and on The Holy Eucharist, 1786. 4. The Communion 
Office, or, Order for the Administration of The Holy 
Eucharist, &c. with Private Devotions. 5. A Sermon 
delivered before The Boston Episcopal Charitable So- 
ciety, Easter-Tuesday, 1788. 6. An Ordination Ser- 
mon, 1789. 7. An Address to the Ministers and 
Congregations of the Presbyterian and Independent 
Persuasions of the United States, 1790. 8. Two Vol- 
umes of Discourses, dedicated to the Episcopal Clergy 
of Connecticut and Rhode Island, 1793.* 9. A second 
edition, 1795. 10. An Ordination Sermon, 1791. 11. 
A Discourse before the Free Masons, 1794. 12. An 
Earnest Persuasion to the Erequent Receiving of the 
Holy Eucharist. 13. Re-published, a.d. 1816, and again 
some years later. 14. A single Volume of his Ser- 
mons was published after his death, 1798. 15. Two 
Volumes of Discourses were issued at Hudson, New 
York, a.d. 1815, which contained nearly all those in 
the previous three volumes. 16. Sermon before The 
General Convention, a.d. 1792. 

* Johnson's Cyclopedia, Allibone's Dictionary, and others put this 
Edition in 1791. I can find no such edition, and am confident there 
is none. — Ed. 



The Mitre worn by Bishop Seabury is still preserved, and can be 
s?en in the Library at Trinity College, Hartford, Conn. 



No. 3. 

THE RIGHT REVEREND 

WILLIAM WHITE, D.D. 

The first Bishop of Pennsylvania, was born in Phila- 
delphia on the 4th day of April, a.d. 1748. 

He graduated at The College of Philadelphia, (now 
The University of Pennsylvania,) a.d. 1765. 

Ordered Deacon in The Chapel Royal, S. James' 
Palace, Westminster, on the 23d day of December, a.d. 
1770, by The Eight Rev. Philip Young, D.D., The 
Bishop of Norwich, acting for The Bishop of London. 

Ordained Priest in The Chapel of Fulham Palace 
on the 25th day of April, a.d. 1772, by The Right 
Rev. Richard Terrick, D.D., The Bishop of London. 

Returning to America, he became an Assistant Min- 
ister in Christ Church, Philadelphia, and subsequently 
the Rector of The United Parishes of Christ Church, 
S. Peter's, and S. James' in Philadelphia. 

He was appointed as Chaplain to Congress, a.d. 1787, 
which position he held until 1801. 

He received the Degree of Doctor in Divinity from 
The University of Pennsylvania, a.d. 1782, being the 
first honorary degree conferred by that institution. 

Consecrated Bishop of Pennsylvania, in The Chapel 
of Lambeth Palace, on the 4th day of February, a.d. 
1787, by The Most Rev. John Moore, D.D., Arch- 
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52 WILLIAM WHITE. 

bishop of Canterbury, assisted by The Most Eev. Wil- 
liam Markham, D.D., Archbishop of York, The Eight 
Rev. Charles Moss, D.D., Bishop of Bath and Wells, 
and The Bight Eev. John Hinchcliffe, D.D., Bishop 
of Peterborough. 

Bishop White died on the 17th day of July, a.d. 1836, 
and was buried in the Church Yard of Christ Church. 
On the 23d day of December, a.d. 1870, his remains 
were translated to the Chancel of Christ Church, and 
buried beneath the pavement. 

Writings. — 1. A large number of Sermons, tracts, 
essays, and controversial papers. 2. Episcopal Ad- 
dresses and Pastoral Letters. 3. Lectures on the Cate- 
chism, 1 vol. 8vo., 1813. 4. Comparative Views of the 
Controversy between the Calvinists and Arminians, 2 
vols. 8vo., 1817. 5. Memoirs of The Protestant Epis- 
copal Church in The United States of America, 1 vol. 
8vo., 1835-6. 6. A Commentary on the Questions in 
the Offices for the Ordaining of Priests and Deacons ; 
and a Commentary on the Duties of the Public Min- 
istry, 1 vol. 8vo., 1833. 7. Five Episcopal Charges, 
1807, 1825, 1831, 1832. 8. Five Addresses to the 
Trustees, Professors, and Students of The General 
Theological Seminary, 1822, 1824, 1827, 1828, 1829. 
9. The Pastoral Letters of The House of Bishops from 
1808 to 1835 inclusive. He was largely instrumental 
in the adaptation of The Book of Common Prayer to 
the wants of the Church, in its new relation to Civil 
Authority. 

The organization of the General Convention was 
primarily his work, and the original draft of the Con- 
stitution was written by him. 



WILLIAM WHITE. 53 

NOTE. 

Bishop White was Baptized in Christ Church, Phila- 
delphia, on the 25th day of May, a.d. 1748, and there he 
received his first Communion. — There were no Bishops 
to confirm in those days. — His first Ordination was held 
in Christ Church. On the 28th day of May, a.d. 1787, 
he Ordained Mr. Joseph Clarkson, the grandfather of 
The Eight Rev. Eobert H. Clarkson, D.D., LL.D., 
first Bishop of Nebraska. In Christ Church Bishop 
White Consecrated six Bishops. Five other Bishops 
were consecrated in the same church. 

In public matters he was always an active participant. 
He was the President of The Philadelphia Bible Society, 
The Philadelphia Dispensary, The Prison Society, The 
Asylum for the Deaf and Dumb, and The Institution 
for the Blind. 



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TSTo. 3. 

THE RIGHT REVEREND 

SAMUEL PROVOOST, D.D. 

The first Bishop of New York, was born in the city 
of New York on the 11th day of March, a.d, 1742. 

He graduated at King's College, (now Columbia,) 
a.d. 1758. 

In 1761 he went to England, and was entered as 
Fellow Commoner at S. Peter's House, (now SLPeter's 
College,) Cambridge. 

Ordered Deacon in The Chapel Royal, of S. James' 
Palace, Westminster, on the 3d day of February, a.d. 
1766, by The Eight Reverend Richard Terrick, D.D., 
Bishop of London. 

Ordained Priest at The King's Chapel, Whitehall, on 
the 25th day of March, a.d. 1766, by The Right Rev. 
Edmund Keer.e, D.D., Bishop of Chester, acting for 
The Bishop of London. 

Returning to America, he became the Rector of 
Trinity Church, New York, which position he held 
sixteen years. 

In 1784 he was appointed a Regent of The University 
of New York. 

In 1785 he was Chaplain to Congress. 

He received the Degree of Doctor in Divinity from 
The University of Pennsylvania, a.d. 1786. 
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SAMUEL PROVOOST. 55 

In 1789 lie became Chaplain to the United States 
Senate. 

Consecrated Bishop of New York in The Chapel 
of Lambeth Palace, on the 4th day of February, a.d, 
1787, by The Most Rev. John Moore, D.D., Arch- 
bishop of Canterbury, assisted by The Most Rev. Wil- 
liam Markham, D.D., Archbishop of York, The Rig] it 
Rev. Charles Moss, D.D., Bishop of Bath and Wells, 
and The Right Rev. John Hinchcliffe, D.D., Bishop 
of Peterborough. 

In 1801 he resigned his position as Bishop of New 
York. The House of Bishops declined to receive his 
resignation, but gave consent to the consecration of a 
Bishop-coadj utor . 

Bishop Provoost died on the 6th day of September, 
a.d. 1815, and was buried in the Family Yault in 
Trinity Church Yard. 

Writings. — While in Cambridge, he made an ex- 
tensive index to the Historia Planetarum of John Bau- 
bin. Of his own writings he published nothing. The 
Sermon before the General Convention of 1795 was 
preached by Bishop Provoost, but it was not printed. 



No. 4. 
THE RIGHT REVEREND 

JAMES MADISON, D.D. 

The first Bishop of Virginia, was born in Rockingham, 
Virginia, on the 27th day of August, a.d. 1749. 

He graduated at The College of "William and Mary, 
Williamsburg, Virginia, a.d. 1772. After leaving Col- 
lege he studied Law, and was admitted to the Bar. 
He never practised, but proceeded at once to the 
study of Theology. 

In 1773 he was made Professor of Mathematics m 
his Alma-Mater, and in 1775 went to England for 
Ordination. 

Ordered Deacon in The Chapel of Fulham Palace, on 
the 29th day of September, a.d. 1775, by The Eight 
Rev. Richard Terrick, D.D., The Bishop of London. 

Ordained Priest in the same place, on the 1st day 
of October, a.d. 1775, by the same Prelate. 

On his return to America he was made President 
of The College of William and Mary, which position 
he held until his death. 

He received the Degree of Doctor in Divinity from 
the College of William and Mary, a.d. 1796, and from 
The University of Pennsylvania, a.d. 1785. 

Consecrated Bishop of Virginia in The Chapel of 
Lambeth Palace, on the 19th day of September, a.d. 
1790, by The Most Rev. John Moore, D.D., Arch- 

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JAMES MADISON. 57 

bishop of Canterbury, assisted by The Right Rev. 
Beilby Porteus, D.D., Bishop of London, and The 
Right Rev. John Thomas, D.D., Bishop of Rochester. 

Bishop Madison died on the 5th day of March, a.d. 
1812, and was buried at "Williamsburg, Virginia. 

Writings. — 1. A Thanksgiving Sermon, 1781. 2. 
A Letter to J. Morse, 1795. 3. An Address to The 
Episcopal Church, 1799. 4. A Sermon on the death 
of Mrs. Ann Semple, 1803. 5. Various papers in 
Barton's Journal. 6. A large Map of Virginia. 



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No. 5. 

THE RIGHT REVEREND 

THOMAS JOHN CLAGGETT, S.T.D. 

The first Bishop of Maryland, was born in Prince 
George's County, Maryland, on the 2d day of Oc- 
tober, a.d. 1742. 

He graduated at The College of New Jersey, Prince- 
ton, a.d. 1762, and studied Theology under the direc- 
tion of his uncle, The Rev. John Eversfield, D.D. 

Ordered Deacon in The Chapel of Fulhani Palace, 
on the 20th day of September, a.d. 1767, by The Right 
Rev. Richard Terrick, D.D., The Bishop of London. 

Ordained Priest in the same place, on the 11th day 
of October, a.d. 1767, by the same Prelate. 

On his return to America, he was presented by the 
Governor of Maryland to the Rectorship of All Saints' 
Church in Calvert County, where he remained until 
the beginning of the War of the Revolution, when he 
retired to his own estate in Prince George's County, 
where he remained two years. In 1779 he officiated 
in S. Paul's Church, Prince George's County, and in 
1780 became the Rector of that Parish. 

He was a Deputy from the Diocese of Maryland to 
the General Convention of 1789. 

Consecrated Bishop of Maryland in Trinity Church, 
New York, on the 17th day of September, a.d. 1792, 

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THOMAS JOHN CLAGGETT. 59 

by The Right Rev. Samuel Provoost, D.D., assisted by 
The Right Rev. Samuel Seabury, D.D., The Right 
Rev. William White, D J)., and The Right Rev. James 
Madison, D.D. 

This was the first Consecration of a Bishop in The 
United States, and the Succession of The Anglican 
and The Scots Episcopate was here joined. 

He received the Degree of Doctor of Sacred The- 
ology from The College of New Jersey, a.d. 1787, and 
that of Doctor in Divinity from Washington College, 
Maryland, a.d. 1792. 

In 1800 he was Chaplain to the United States Senate 
at Washington. 

In 1808 he became the Rector of Trinity Church, 
Upper Marlborough, which position he held until his 
death. 

Bishop Claggett died at Croom, on the 2d day of 
August, a.d. 1816. 

Writings. — A few occasional Sermons, Pastoral 
Letters, and Addresses to his Convention. 



The Mitre worn by Bishop Claggett is still preserved, and can be 
seen at the Diocesan Rooms, Baltimore. 



No. 6. 
THE RIGHT REVEREND 

ROBERT SMITH, D.D. 

The first Bishop of South Carolina, was born in the 
County of Norfolk, England, on the 25th day of 
August, a.d. 1732. 

He graduated at Gonville and Caius College, Cam- 
bridge, a.d. 1753, and was elected a Fellow of The 
University. 

Ordered Deacon on the 7th day of March, a.d. 1756, 
by The Eight Rev. Matthias Mauson, D.D., The Bishop 
of Ely. 

Ordained Priest on the 21st day of December, a.d. 

1756, by the same Prelate. 

He came to America as the Assistant Minister of 
S. Philip's Church, Charleston, South Carolina, a.d. 

1757, and became the Rector, a.d. 1759. 

During the "War of the Revolution (1780) he was 
banished from Charleston upon its capture by the 
British, and removed to Maryland, where he took 
temporary charge of S. Paul's Parish, Queen Anne's 
County. He returned to Charleston in 1783 and took 
charge of an Academy, afterwards (1786) chartered as 
South Carolina College, of which he was President 
until 1798. 

He received the Degree of Doctor in Divinity from 
The University of Pennsylvania, a.d. 1789. 

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ROBERT SMITH. 61 

Consecrated Bishop of South Carolina in Christ 
Church, Philadelphia, on the 14th day of September, 
a.d. 1795, by The Right Eev. William White, DJX, 
assisted by The Eight Eev. Samuel Provoost, D.D., 
The Eight Eev. James Madison, D.D., and The Eight 
Eev. Thomas John Claggett, S.T.D. 

Bishop Smith died on the 28th day of October, a.d. 
1801, and was buried in the Cemetery of S. Philip's 
Church, Charleston, 

He was one of the first members of " The Society 
of the Cincinnati." 



THE RIGHT REVEREND 

EDWARD BASS, D.D. 

The first Bishop of Massachusetts, was born in Dor- 
chester, Massachusetts, on the 23d day of November, 
a.d. 1726. 

He graduated at Harvard College, Cambridge, Massa- 
chusetts, a.d. 1744. 

Ordered Deacon in The Chapel of Fulham Palace, 
on the 17th day of May, a.d. 1752, by The Eight Eev. 
Thomas Sherlock, D.D., Bishop of London. 

Ordained Priest in the same place, on the 24th day 
of May, a.d. 1752, by the same Prelate. 

Eeturning to America, he became the Eector of 8. 
Paul's Church, Newburyport, Massachusetts, which 
position he held during the rest of his life. 

The Degree of Doctor in Divinity was conferred 
upon him by The University of Pennsylvania, a.d. 
1789. 

Consecrated Bishop of Massachusetts in Christ 
Church, Philadelphia, on the 7th day of May, a.d. 
1797, by The Eight Eev. "William "White, D.D., assisted 
by The Eight Eev. Samuel Provoost, D.D., and The 
Eight Eev. Thomas John Claggett, S.T.D. 

Bishop Bass died on the 10th day of Septembe'r, 
a.d. 1803, and was buried at IsTewburyport. 

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EDWARD BASS. 63 

T^ritijsgs. — 1. A Brief Account of his connection 
with the Society for The Propagation of The Gospel in 
Foreign Parts. 2. An Address to the Masonic Lodges 
on the Feast of S. John Baptist, 1779. 3. A Sermon 
preached before the Merrimac Humane Society, ~New- 
buryport, 1800, — published after his death. 



JNTo. «. 
THE RIGHT REVEREND 

ABRAHAM JARVIS, S.T.D. 

The second Bishop of Connecticut, was born in Nor- 
walk, Connecticut, on the 5th day of May, (O.S.,) 
1739. 

He graduated at Yale College, ¥ew Haven, a.d. 1761. 

Ordered Deacon in The King's Chapel, "Whitehall, 
on the 5th clay of February, a.d. 1764, by The Eight 
Kev. Frederick Keppel, D.D., The Bishop of Exeter, 
acting for The Bishop of London. 

Ordained Priest in The Chapel Royal of S. James' 
Palace, Westminster, on the 9th day of February, 
a.d. 1764, by The Right Rev. Charles Lyttelton, D.D., 
The Bishop of Carlisle, also acting for The Bishop of 
London. 

Returning to America, he became the Rector of 
Christ Church, (now Holy Trinity,) Middletown, Con- 
necticut.' 

He received the Degree of Doctor of Sacred The- 
ology from Yale College, !N"ew Haven, a.d. 1796. 

Consecrated Bishop of Connecticut in Trinity 
Church, New Haven, on the 18th day of September, 
a.d. 1797, by The Right Rev. William White, D.D., 
assisted by The Right Rev. Samuel Provoost, D.D., 
and The Right Rev. Edward Bass, D.D. 

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ABRAHAM JARVIS. 65 

Bishop Jarvis died on the 13th day of May, a.d. 
1813, and was buried under the Altar of Trinity 
Church, New Haven. 

Writings. — 1. A Sermon on the death of Bishop 
Seabury. 2. A Sermon on The Witness of The Spirit. 



Wo. O. 

THE RIGHT REVEREND 

BENJAMIN MOORE, S.T.D. 

The second Bishop of New York, was born in New- 
town, Long Island, on the 5th day of October, a.d. 
1748. 

He graduated at King's College, (now Columbia,) 
New York, a.d. 1768. 

Ordered Deacon in The Chapel of Fulham Palace, 
on the 24th day of June, a.d. 1774, by The Right Rev. 
Richard Terrick, D.D., Tho Bishop of London. 

Ordained Priest in the same place, on the following 
day, by the same Prelate. 

Returning to America, he became an Assistant 
Minister in Trinity Church, New York, and on the 
22d day of December, a.d. 1800, he was made Rector 
of Trinity Parish. 

He received the Degree of Doctor of Sacred The- 
ology from Columbia College, New York, a.d. 1789. 

In 1801 Bishop Provoost, having become very in- 
firm and unable to attend to the duties of his Episco- 
pate, sent his resignation to the House of Bishops. 
"Wisely fearing to establish a bad precedent, the 
Bishops declined to receive it, but consented to the 
Consecration of a Bishop-Coadjutor, who, upon the 
death of Bishop Provoost, should become the Bishop 
of the Diocese. 

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BENJAMIN MOORE. 67 

Consecrated Bishop-Coadjutor for the Diocese of 
New York in S. Michael's Church, Trenton, New 
Jersey, on the 11th day of September, a.d. 1801, by 
The Eight Rev. William White, D.D., assisted by The 
Eight Eev. Thomas John Claggett, S.T.D., and The 
Eight Eev. Abraham Jarvis, S.T.D. 

He was elected President of Columbia College in the 
same year, (1801,) which position he held ten years. 

Bishop Moore died on the 27th day of February, 
a.d. 1816, at Greenwich, New York. 

Writings. — Three Sermons and one pamphlet con- 
stitute all that is known of writings published during 
his life. After his death Two Volumes of Sermons, 
8vo., were published under the supervision of his son, 
Clement C. Moore, LL.D. 



No. lO. 

THE RIGHT REVEREND 

SAMUEL PARKER, D.D. 

The second Bishop of Massachusetts, was born in Ports- 
mouth, New Hampshire, on the 17th day of August, 
a.d. 1744. 

He graduated at Harvard College, a.d. 1764. 

In 1773 he was elected as the Assistant Minister for 
Trinity Church, Boston. 

Ordered Deacon in The Chapel of Fulham Palace, 
on the 24th day of February, a.d. 1774, by The Right 
Rev. Richard Terrick, D.D., The Bishop of London. 

Ordained Priest in the same place, on the 27th day 
of February, a.d. 1774, by the same Prelate. 

In June, 1779, he became the Rector of Trinity 
Church, Boston. 

He received the Degree of Doctor in Divinity from 
The University of Pennsylvania, a.d. 1789. 

Consecrated Bishop of Massachusetts in Trinity 
Church, New York, on the 14th day of September, a.d. 
1804, by The Right Rev. William "White, D.D., assisted 
by The Right Rev. Thomas John Claggett, S.T.D., 
The Right Rev. Abraham Jarvis, S.T.D., and The 
Right Rev. Benjamin Moore, S.T.D., in the presence 
of both Houses of the General Convention. 

Bishop Parker died on the 6th day of December. 

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SAMUEL PARKER. Q$ 

A.D. 1804, three months after his Consecration, without 
having performed one Episcopal act. 

Writings. — One Sermon, called " The Annual Elec- 
tion Sermon," preached before the Legislature of Mas- 
sachusetts, a.d. 1793, and one Sermon preached for the 
benefit of The Boston Female Asylum, a.d. 1803. 



No. 11. 

THE RIGHT REVEREND 

JOHN HENRY HOBART, D.J). 

The third Bishop of New York, was born in Philadel- 
phia on the 14th day of September, a.d. 1775. 

He was Baptized and Confirmed in Christ Church, 
Philadelphia, by Bishop White. 

He was prepared for college in The Episcopal Acad- 
emy in Philadelphia, and at the age of thirteen en- 
tered The College of Philadelphia, (now The University 
of Pennsylvania,) but two years later he was transferred 
to The College of New Jersey in Princeton, where he 
graduated, a.d. 1793. 

He entered the counting-house of his brother-in-law 
in Philadelphia, but mercantile pursuits were not con- 
genial to his tastes, and in 1796 he accepted an ap- 
pointment to a Tutorship in his Alma-Mater. Here 
he remained two years, when he returned to Philadel- 
phia and completed his Theological studies under the 
direction of Bishop White. 

Ordered Deacon in Christ Church, Philadelphia, on 
the 3d day of June, a.d. 1798, by The Right Rev. Wil- 
liam White, D.D. 

He took charge of Trinity Church, Oxford, and All 
Saints', Perkiomen, near Philadelphia, for a few months, 
and then removed to New-Brunswick, New Jersey, 
where he had charge of Christ's Church. At the end 



JOHN HENRY HOBART *J\ 

of one year lie removed to Hempstead, Long Island, 
and remained there a few months. In September, 1800, 
he was elected an Assistant Minister of Trinity Church, 
New York, which position he accepted, and at once 
entered upon his duties. 

On the 3d day of June, a.d. 1799, he was elected 
Secretary to the House of Bishops. In 1801 he was 
elected Secretary to the Convention of the Diocese 
of New York, and Deputy to the General Convention 
which met at Trenton, New Jersey, in September of 
that year. 

Ordained Priest in Trinity Church, New York, 
on the 5th day of April, a.d. 1801, by The Eight Rev. 
Samuel Provoost, D.D. 

He was a Deputy to the General Convention, a.d. 
1804, and at that Convention was made Secretary to 
the House of Clerical and Lay Deputies. 

The Degree of Doctor in Divinity was conferred upon 
him by Union College, Schenectady, New York, a.d. 
1806. 

Consecrated Bishop-Coadjutor in the Diocese of 
New York, in Trinity Church, New York, on the 29th 
day of May, a.d. 1811, by The Right Rev. William 
White, D.D., assisted by The Right Rev. Samuel Pro- 
voost, D.D., and The Right Rev. Abra'm Jarvis, S.T.D. 

Upon the death of Bishop Moore, a.d. 1816, he be- 
came the Bishop of New York and the Rector of 
Trinity Church. 

He performed Episcopal duty for New Jersey until 
the election of Dr. Croes, and was, provisionally, the 
Bishop of Connecticut from 1816 to 1819. 

Bishop Hobart was one of the Founders of The 



72 JOHN HENRY HOB ART. 

General Theological Seminary, and upon the location 
of that Institution in New York he was made the 
Professor of Pastoral Theology. 

In 1823 his health failed, and he visited Europe for 
recuperation. It is worthy of note that he was per- 
mitted to preach in Rome, but the Act under which 
Bishops White and Provoost were Consecrated pre- 
vented his preaching in London. 

Bishop Hobart died in Auburn. New York, on the 
10th day of September, a.d. 1830. His remains were 
removed to New York, and buried under the Chancel 
of Trinity Church. 

Weitings. — 1. The Companion for The Altar, 12mo., 
1804. 2. The Companion for The Festivals and Fasts, 
12mo., 1805. 3. The Companion to the Book of Com- 
mon Prayer, 12mo., 1805. 4. The Clergyman's Com- 
panion, 1806. 5. A Collection of Essays on Episco- 
pacy, 8vo., 1806. 6. Apology for Apostolic Order, &c, 
8vo.. 1807. 7. The Christian's Manual of Faith and 
Devotion, 1814. 8. The Candidate for Confirmation 
instructed, 1816. 9. A Funeral Address at the Inter- 
ment of The Right Rev. Benj. Moore, D.D., with a 
copious index on the Place of Departed Spirits, and 
the Descent of Christ into Hell, 1816. 10. D'Oyly and 
Mant's Bible, with Notes, 1823. 11. Sermons on the 
Principal Events and Truths of Redemption, 2 vols. 
8vo., 1824. 

Bishop Hobart also published a large number of Ser- 
mons, Addresses, Essays, with Controversial Letters and 
Documents, Charges to his Clergy, &c. (See Sprague's 
Annals, &c, vol. 5.) 



INTo. 12. 

THE RIGHT REVEREND 

ALEXANDER VIETS GRISWOLD, S.T.D. 

The first and only Bishop of a jurisdiction, (created 
May 29th, a.d. 1810,) under the title of The Eastern 
Diocese, including the territory now consisting of the 
Dioceses of Maine, ISTew Hampshire, Vermont, Massa- 
chusetts and Rhode Island, was born in Simsbury, 
Connecticut, on the 22d day of April, a.d. 1766. 

He was educated by his uncle, The Rev. Roger Yiets, 
Rector of S. Andrew's Church, Simsbury. 

Ordered Deacon in S. Andrew's Church, Simsbury, 
on the 3d day of June, a.d. 1795, by The Right Rev. 
Samuel Seabury, D.D. 

Ordained Priest in Christ Church, Hartford, on the 
1st day of October, a.d. 1795, by the same Prelate. 

During the ten years thereafter, he had charge of 
three Parishes in Connecticut, viz. : East Plymouth, 
Northfielcl, and Harwinton. In 1804 he accepted a call 
to the Rectorship of S. Michael's Church, Bristol, 
Rhode Island. In 1810 he accepted a call to the Rec- 
torship of S. Michael's Church, Litchfield, Connecticut, 
and while the preparations for his removal were in pro- 
gress he was elected— May 31st, a.d. 1810 — Bishop of 
the Eastern Diocese. 

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74 ALEXANDER VIETS GRISWOLD. 

Consecrated Bishop of the Eastern Diocese in 
Trinity Church, lew York, on the 29th day of May, 
a.d. 1811, by The Right Rev. William White, D.D., 
assisted by The Right Rev. Samuel Provoost, .D.D., 
and The Right Rev. Abraham Jarvis, S.T.D. 

He remained at Bristol in charge of S. Michael's 
Church, in addition to his duties as Bishop, until 1830, 
when he removed to Salem, Massachusetts, and became 
the Rector of S. Peter's Church, which position he 
held until 1835, when he resigned, and from that time 
forward devoted himself exclusively to the duties of 
his Episcopate. 

He received the Degree of Doctor of Sacred The- 
ology from Brown University, a.d. 1810, from The 
College of New Jersey, a.d. 1811, and from Harvard 
College, a.d. 1812. 

Upon the death of Bishop "White — a.d. 1836 — he 
became the Presiding Bishop. 

His last Episcopal act was the Consecration of The 
Rev. Manton Eastburn, S.T.D. , as his own Coadjutor. 

Bishop Griswold died in Boston on the 15th day of 
February, a.d. 1843. He had reached the doorway of 
Bishop Eastburn, when he fell, and before assistance 
could be had his Episcopate was ended. The body 
was deposited in a vault in Old Trinity Church, Bos- 
ton, where it remained until 1872, when it was re- 
moved and buried in the Churchyard at Dedham. 

Writings. — 1. A few Sermons and Addresses. 2. 
Discourses on the most important Doctrines and Duties 
of the Christian Religion. One vol. 8vo, 1830. 



No. 13. 

THE RIGHT REVEREND 



The second Bishop of South Carolina, was born in 
Boston, Massachusetts, on the 8th day of December, 
a.d. 1776. 

He graduated at Harvard College, Cambridge, Massa- 
chusetts, a.d. 1795. 

On the 9th day of October, a.d. 1797, he was elected 
Rector of Trinity Church, Newport, Rhode Island. 

Ordered Deacon in S. Paul's Church, Newburyport, 
Massachusetts, on the 24th day of December, a.d. 1797, 
by The Right Rev. Edward Bass, D.D. 

Ordained Priest in the same Church, on the 9th day 
of October, a.d. 1800, by the same Prelate. 

He removed to Rhode Island, and became the Rector 
of Trinity Church, Newport, where he remained until 
1810, when he removed to South Carolina, and became 
the Rector of S. Michael's Church, Charleston. 

He received the Degree of Doctor of Sacred The- 
ology from The College of New Jersey, Princeton, 
a.d. 1809. 

He was a Deputy from the Eastern Diocese to the 
General Convention which met at Baltimore, Mary- 
land, a.d. 1808. 

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76 THEODORE DEMON. 

Consecrated Bishop of South Carolina, in Christ 
Church, Philadelphia, on the 15th day of October, 
a.d. 1812, by The Right Rev. William White, D.D., 
assisted by The Right Rev. Abraham Jarvis, S.T.D., 
and The Right Rev. John Henry Hobart, D.D. 

Bishop Dehon died on the 6th day of August, a.d. 
1817, and was buried in the Chancel of S. Michael's 
Church, Charleston. 

Writings. — 1. Various Episcopal Addresses, and Ser- 
mons preached on special occasions. 2. Two volumes 
of Sermons, 8vo., published after his death. An edition 
was printed for sale in England, and from this a profit 
of £321 was realized by the Committee of Publication 



No. 14. 

THE RIGHT REVEREND 

RICHARD CHANNING MOORE, D.D. 

The second Bishop of Virginia, was born in the city of 
.New York on the 21st clay of August, a.d. 1762. 

He studied Medicine, and after a few years' practice 
abandoned the Profession and studied Theology under 
the direction of Bishop Provoost. 

Ordered Deacon in S. George's Chapel, New York, 
on the 15th day of July, a.d. 1787, by The Eight Rev. 
Samuel Provoost, D.D. 

Ordained Priest in S. Paul's Chapel, N"ew York, on 
the 19th clay of September, a.d. 1787, by the same 
Prelate. 

He removed to Pye, in Westchester County, New 
York, and became the Hector of Christ Church, where 
he remained until 1789, when he removed to Staten 
Island and became the Pector of S. Andrew's Church, 
which position he held for twenty-one years. 

He received the Degree of Doctor in Divinity from 
Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, a.d. 
1805. 

In 1808 he was Deputy from New York to the 
General Convention which met at Baltimore, and was 
appointed the Chairman of the Committee on Hym- 
nocly. 

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78 RICHARD CHAN NINO MOORE. 

In 1809 he removed to New York City, and became 
the Rector of S. Stephen's Church. 

Consecrated Bishop of Virginia in S. James' Church, 
Philadelphia, on the 18th day of May, a.d. 1814, by 
The Right Rev. William White, D.D., assisted by The 
Right Rev. John Henry Hobart, D.D., The Right Rev. 
Alexander Yiets Griswold, S.T.D., and the Right Rev. 
Theodore Dehon, S.D.T. 

Upon his removal to Yirginia he settled at Rich- 
mond, and became the Rector of The Monumental 
Church. 

Bishop Moore died in Lynchburg, Yirginia, while on 
a visitation, on the 11th day of November, a.d. 1841, 
and was buried in the public cemetery at Richmond. 

Writings. — Various Addresses to his Clergy and 
Convention, and The Sermon preached before The 
General Convention in S. James' Church, Philadel- 
phia, a.d. 1820. 



No. 15. 

THE RIGHT REVEREND 

JAMES KEMP, S.T.D. 

The second Bishop of Maryland, was born in Keith 
Hall Parish, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, on the 20th day 
of May, a.d. 1764.* 

He graduated at Marischal College, Aberdeen, a.d. 
1786, and came to the United States a.d. 1787. 

He studied Theology under the direction of The 
Rev. John Bowie, D.D., Rector of Great Choptank 
Parish, in Maryland. 

Ordered Deacon in Christ Church, Philadelphia, 
on the 26th day of December, a.d. 1789, by The Right 
Rev. William White, D.D. 

Ordained Priest in the same Church, on the 27th 
day of December, a.d. 1789, by the same Prelate. 

In August, a.d. 1790, he succeeded The Rev. Dr. 
Bowie in the Rectorship of Great Choptank Parish, 
where he remained until 1813, when he removed to 
Baltimore and became the Associate Rector of S. 
Paul's Church. 

* At Densie burn, June 26th, 1764, Donald Kempt and Isabel 
Copland Residenters there had a son baptized, named James, before 
these witnesses, William and James Smiths and James Booth in 
Ardmurdo. — (From the Register of Keith-hall.) 

79 



80 JAMES KEMP. 

He received the Degree of Doctor of Sacred The- 
ology from Columbia College, New York, a.d. 1802. 

Consecrated Bishop Suffragan to Bishop Claggett 
of Maryland, in Christ Church, New-Brunswick, New 
Jersey, on the 1st day of September, a.d. 1814, by 
The Right Rev. William White, D.D., assisted by 
The Eight Rev. John Henry Hobart, D.D., and The 
Right Rev. Richard Channing Moore, D.D. 

Bishop Claggett assigned to his care that portion 
of the Diocese known as " The Eastern Shore" — now 
The Diocese of Easton. 

In 1815 he was elected as Provost of The Univer- 
sity of Maryland, in Baltimore, which office he held 
during the rest of his life. 

Upon the death of Bishop Claggett, a.d. 1816, he 
became the Bishop of Maryland. 

Bishop Kemp died on the 28th day of October, 1827. 
He had been to Philadelphia to assist in the Consecra- 
tion of The Rev. Dr. H. U. Onderdonk to the Episco- 
pate, and on his return was so injured by the upsetting 
of the stage coach, near New Castle, Delaware, that 
he died after three days of great suffering. 

Writings. — 1. Several Addresses to his Convention. 
2. A Sermon on the death of Washington, 1800. 3. 
A Sermon before the Convention of the Diocese of 
Maryland, 1803. 4. A Sermon before the Free Masons, 
1806. 5. A Sermon on Death-Bed Repentance, 1815. 

6. A Sermon on the death of Bishop Claggett, 1816. 

7. A Sermon before The General Convention, 1821. 

8. A Tract on Conversion, 1807. 9. Letters in Vindi- 
cation of Episcopacy, 1808. 10. An Address to the 
Students of The General Theological Semmarv, 1825. 



JSTo. 16. 

THE RIGHT REVEREND 

JOHN CROES, S.T.D. 

Tee first Bishop of New Jersey, was born in Eliza- 
bethtown, New Jersey, (now Elizabeth,) on the 1st day 
of June, a.d. 1762. 

He prepared himself for a teacher, and opened a 
private classical school. He decided to prepare for 
Holy Orders, studied Theology during the intervals 
of teaching, and applied for Ordination to Bishop 
"White. 

Ordered Deacon in S. Peter's Church, Philadelphia, 
on the 28th day of February, a.d. 1790, by The Eight 
Rev. "William White, D.D. 

Ordained Priest in the same Church, on the 4th day 
of March, a.d. 1792, by the same Prelate. 

He settled at Swedesborough, New Jersey, and be- 
came the Rector of Trinity Church, where he remained 
twelve years. 

In 1793 he was a Deputy to the General Conven- 
tion from New Jersey. 

In 1801 he removed to New-Brunswick, and became 
the Rector of Christ's Church, with charge of S. Peter's 
Church at Spotswood. He also had the charge of an 
Academy in New-Brunswick. 

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82 JOHN CROES. 

He received the Degree of Doctor of Sacred The* 
ology from Columbia College, New York, a.d. 1811. 

In 1814 he was again a Deputy to the General Con- 
vention from New Jersey, and was chosen President 
of the House of Clerical and Lay Deputies. 

In June, 1815, he was elected to the Episcopate of 
Connecticut, which he declined. In August of the 
same year, he was elected to the Episcopate of New 
Jersey. 

Consecrated Bishop of New Jersey in S. Peter's 
Church, Philadelphia, on the 19th day of November, 
a.d. 1815, by The Right Rev. William "White, D.D., 
assisted by The Right Rev. John Henry Hobart, D.D., 
and The Right Rev. James Kemp, S.T.D. 

Bishop Croes died on the 26th day of July, a.d. 1832. 

Writings. — In addition to several Addresses to his 
Convention, he published a Sermon on the Duty of 
contributing liberally to the Promotion of Religious 
and Benevolent Institutions, and a Sermon before The 
General Convention, a.d. 1823. 



No. 17. 
THE RIGHT REVEREND 

NATHANIEL BOAVEN, D.D. 

TnE third Bishop of South Carolina, was born in 
Boston, Massachusetts, on the 29th day of June, a.d. 
1779. 

In 1787 his father removed to Charleston, South 
Carolina, and died there soon after his arrival. The 
Rev. Robert Smith (afterwards the Bishop of South 
Carolina) took charge of the boy, and superintended 
his education. 

He graduated at Charleston College, a.d. 1794, and 
became a Tutor in that institution, where he remained 
for some time. 

He removed to Boston, Massachusetts, and studied 
Theology under the direction of The Rev. Dr. Parker, 
(afterwards Bishop,) the Rector of Trinity Church. 

Ordered Deacon in Trinity Church, Boston, on the 
3d day of June, a.d. 1800, by The Right Rev. Edward 
Bass, D.D. 

Ordained Priest in S. Paul's Church, Newburyport, 
Massachusetts, in October, a.d. 1802, by the same Pre- 
late. The precise date is not known. 

He removed to Providence, Rhode Island, and took 
charge of S. John's Church, but in March, a.d. 1802, 

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84 NATHANIEL BO WEN. 

he returned to Charleston and became the Assistant 
Minister in S. Michael's Church, succeeding to the 
Rectorship in 1804. In 1809 he removed to New 
York, and became the Eector of Grace Church, where 
he remained nine years. 

He received the Degree of Doctor in Divinity from 
The University of Pennsylvania and from The College 
of South Carolina, a.d. 1814. 

Consecrated Bishop of South Carolina in Christ 
Church, Philadelphia, on the 8th day of October, a.d. 
1818, by The Right Rev. William White, D.D., assisted 
by The Right Rev. John Henry Hobart, D.D., The 
Right Rev. James Kemp, S.T.D., and The Right Rev. 
John Croes, S.T.D. 

Bishop Bowen died in Charleston on the 25th day 
of August, a.d. 1839, and was buried in the Chancel 
of S. Michael's Church. 

Writings. — 1. A Sermon preached before The New 
York Bible and Common Prayer Book Society, 1812. 
2. Pastoral Advice, An Essay, 1831. 3. Six Sermons 
on Christian Consolation, 1831. 4. Duty of being 
Confirmed, 1831. 5. On Responding Aloud, 1833. 6. 
Fast-Day Circular, 1833. 7. An Address to the Stu- 
dents of The General Theological Seminary, 1836. 8. 
Sermon on the death of Bishop White, 1836. Two 
vols. 8vo. of his Sermons were published after his 
death. 



No. 18. 
THE RIGHT REVEREND 

PHILANDER CHASE, S.T.D., LL.D. 

The first Bishop of Ohio, was born in Cornish, New 
Hampshire, on the 14th day of December, a.d. 1775. 

He graduated at Dartmouth College, a.d. 1796. 

Ordered Deacon in S. Paul's Chapel, New York, oe 
the 10th day of June, a.d. 1798, by The Right Rev. 
Samuel Provoost, D.D. 

Note. — In Bishop Chase's Reminiscences, the place 
of Ordination to the Diaconate is given as S. George's 
Chapel, and the date as the 10th of May. The Orig- 
inal Certificate of his Ordination however, written in 
full by Bishop Provoost and signed by him, is now 
(1878) in the hands of Mr. S. Rollinson Colburn, of 
Washington, D. C, and gives S. Paul's Chapel as the 
place, and the 10th of June as the time. I have fol- 
lowed the Official Document. — Ed. 

Ordained Priest in S. Paul's Chapel, New York, on 
the 10th day of November, a.d. 1799, by the same 
Prelate. 

During the eighteen months following his admission 
to the Diaconate, he acted as a Missionary in the 
northern and western portions of the Diocese of New 
York. The Parishes at Utica, Canandaigua, and 
Auburn were organized by him. 

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86 PHILANDER CHASE. 

In 1800 he took charge of the Parishes at Pough- 
keepsie and Fishkill. 

In 1805 he went to New Orleans, where he organized 
the Parish of Christ Church and became its Rector. 

In 1811 he returned to the North, - and after officia- 
ting for a short time at Christ Church, Hartford, 
Connecticut, he became the Rector of that Parish. 

In 1817 he resigned, and started out as a Missionary 
for the regions west of the Alleghany Mountains. 

His first service in Ohio was held at Salem, on the 
16th day of March, a.d. 1817. He organized the 
Parishes at Columbus, Ravenna, "Windsor, Middlebury, 
and Zanesville. 

In June, 1817, he became the Rector of the Parishes at 
Worthington, Delaware, and Columbus, taking charge 
at the same time of an Academy at "Worthington. 

Consecrated Bishop of Ohio in S. James' Church, 
Philadelphia, on the 11th day of February, a.d. 1819, 
by The Right Rev. William White, D.D., assisted by 
The Right Rev. John Henry Hobart, D.D., The Right 
Rev. James Kemp, S.T.D., and The Right Rev. John 
Croes, S.T.D. 

He received the Degree of Doctor of Sacred The- 
ology from Columbia College, New York, a.d. 1819, 
and that of Doctor of Laws from Cincinnati College, 
a.d. 1823. 

In 1821 he accepted the Office of President of Cin- 
cinnati College, which position he held for two years. 
During this time he perfected his plans for a Theolog- 
ical Seminary. 

He went to England, where he succeeded through 
the influence of Lord Gambier and Lord Kenyon, in 



PHILANDER CHASE. 87 

collecting a large sum of money, with which he founded 
The Theological Seminary and Kenyon College, in 
Gambier, Ohio. This work occupied his time for 
more than ten years. 

In September, a.d. 1831, he resigned his position as 
President of the Theological Seminary and Kenyon 
College, and at the same time that of Bishop of Ohio. 

In 1832 he took possession of a large tract of land 
in Michigan, where he remained for three years. 

In 1835 he was chosen by the Clergy of Illinois as 
their Bishop, which position he accepted, and under 
his direction the work of the Church in Elinois was 
organized, and the Diocese admitted to union with 
the General Convention. 

He went again to England and succeeded in collect- 
ing about ten thousand dollars, with which he founded 
Jubilee College, at a Point in Peoria County, Illinois, 
which he named " Robin's Nest." The Corner Stone 
of the new College was laid in 1838. 

In 1839-40 he visited Louisiana, Mississippi, South 
Carolina and Georgia, soliciting aid for his new enter- 
prise. He also visited the Eastern and Middle States 
for the same purpose. 

Upon the death of Bishop Griswold, a.d. 1843, he 
became the Presiding Bishop. 

Bishop Chase died on the 20th day of September, a.d. 
1852, and was buried in the Cemetery of Jubilee Col- 
lege. A plain Monument marks the spot, upon which 
is a Cross in the midst of clouds, with his favorite 
motto, " Jehovah Jireh," upon it. 

Weitings.— 1. The Pastoral Letters of The House 
of Bishops from a.d. 1844 to a.d. 1850, inclusive. 2. A 



38 PHILANDER CHASE. 

Plea for the West, 1826. 3. The Star in the West, or 
Kenyon College, 1828. 4. Defence of Kenyon College, 
1831. 5. A Plea for Jubilee, 1835. 6. Reminiscences ; 
An Autobiography, 2 vols. 8vo., 1847. 

Bishop Chase also edited for about three years before 
his death a monthly publication for his Diocese, called 
" The Motto." 



No. 19. 
THE RIGHT REVEREND 

THOMAS CHURCH BROWNELL, S.T.D., LL.D. 

The third Bishop of Connecticut, was born at West- 
port, Massachusetts, on the 19th clay of October, a.d. 
1779. 

He graduated at Union College, Schenectady, New 
York, a.d. 1804. 

In 1805-6 he was Tutor, 1806-11 Professor of Logic 
and Belles-Lettres, 1811-14 Lecturer on Chemistry, 
1814-17 Professor of Rhetoric and Chemistry, in Union 
College. 

Ordered Deacon in Trinity Church, New York, on 
the 11th day of April, a.d. 1816, by The Right Rev. 
John Henry Hobart, D.D. 

Ordained Priest in Trinity Church, New York, on 
the 4th day of August, a.d. 1816, by the same Prelate. 
Consecrated Bishop of Connecticut in Trinity 
Church, New Haven, Connecticut, on the 27th clay 
of October, a.d. 1819, by The Right Rev. William 
White, D.D., assisted by The Right Rev. Alexander 
Viets Griswold, S.T.D., and The Right Rev. John 
Henry Hobart, D.D. 

Upon removing to Connecticut, he settled in Hart- 
ford, where, in 1824, he founded Washington (now 
Trinity) College, and became its first President. 

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90 THOMAS CHURCH BROW NELL. 

The Degree of Doctor of Sacred Theology was con- 
ferred upon him by Columbia College, New York, a.d. 
1819, and that of Doctor in Divinity by Union College, 
during the same year. 

He received the Degree of Doctor of Laws. 

Upon the death of Bishop Philander Chase, (a.d. 
1852,) he became the Presiding Bishop. 

Bishop Brownell died on the 13th day of January, 
a.d. 1865, and was buried in the Cemetery known as 
" Cedar Hill," in Hartford, Connecticut. 

A full length Statue of the Bishop in his Episcopal 
Robes was cast in bronze in Munich, and placed on 
the College Campus at Hartford, by his son-in-law, 
Mr. Gordon W. Burnham, of New York. 

Writings. — 1. Commentary on the Book of Com- 
mon Prayer, 8vo. 2. Consolation for the Afflicted, 
18mo. 3. Christian's "Walk and Consolation, 18mo. 4. 
Exhortation to Repentance, 18mo. 5. Family Prayer 
Book. 6. Religion of the Heart, 5 vols. 7. Religious 
Inquirer answered, 18mo. 8. Youthful Christian's 
Guide, 18mo. 9. Several Single Sermons, Essays, 
Addresses, and occasional Papers in the Periodicals 
of the day. 10. Addresses and Sermons to The Con- 
vention of the Diocese of Connecticut. 11. A Charge 
— The Errors of the Times. 12. New Englandism not 
the Religion of the Bible. An examination of a review 
of his fourth Charge. 



No. SO. 

THE RIGHT REVEREND 

JOHN STARK RAVENSCROFT, S.T.D. 

The first Bishop of North Carolina, was born near 
Blanford, in Prince George's County, Virginia, a.d. 
1772. 

Shortly after his birth his father removed with his 
family to Scotland, where he soon died. 

In 1789 young Ravenscroft returned to America, 
and entered The College of William and Mary, Wil- 
liamsburg, Virginia, his purpose being to prepare 
himself for the practice of Law. This he never ac- 
complished. 

In 1792 he returned to Scotland, for the purpose of 
completing the settlement of his father's estate. This 
done, he returned to Virginia, where he settled to 
the pursuits of a country life in Lunenburg County. 
Here he resided for eighteen years, during which time 
it is said of him : " He never bent his knees in prayer, 
nor did he once open a Bible." 

In 1810 his mind took a new direction, and he joined 
a body of Christians known as " Republican Method- 
ists." Their extravagant and almost wild fanaticism 
soon drove him from them, and after proper instruc- 

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92 JOHN STARK RAVENSCROFT. 

tions he was confirmed by The Eight Kev. Richard 
Channing Moore, S.T.D., the Bishop of Virginia. 

In 1817 he was elected Rector of S. James' Church, 
Mecklenburg County, some months before his ordi- 
nation. 

Ordered Deacon in The Monumental Church, Rich- 
mond, on the 25th day of April, a.d. 1817, by The 
Right Rev. Richard Channing Moore, D.D. 

Ordained Priest in S. George's Church, Fredericks- 
burg, on the 6th day of May in the same year, by the 
same Prelate. 

In 1823 he was elected Rector of the Parish at Nor- 
folk, but declined. 

During the same year he was chosen Assistant 
Minister to the Bishop, who was Rector of The Monu- 
mental Church, Richmond. While this call was under 
consideration, he was elected to the Episcopate ol 
North Carolina. 

Consecrated Bishop of North Carolina, in S. Paul's 
Church, Philadelphia, on the 22d day of May, a.d. 1823, 
by The Right Rev. William White, D.D., assisted by 
The Right Rev. Alexander Yiets Griswold, D.D., The 
Right Rev. James Kemp, S.T.D., The Right Rev. John 
Croes, S.T.D., The Right Rev. Nathaniel Bowen, D.D., 
and the Right Rev. Thomas Church Brownell, S.T.D. 

The Degree of Doctor of Sacred Theology was con- 
ferred upon him by Columbia College, New York, 
a.d, 1823, and that of Doctor in Divinity by The Col- 
lege of William and Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia, 
and by The University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, 
during the same year. 

He was Rector of Christ Church, Raleigh, for iive 



JOHN STARK RAVENSCROFT. 93 

years, after winch, he removed to "William sb or ough, 
and became the Rector of S. John's Church, which 
position he held until the spring of 1829. 

Bishop Ravenscroft died on the 5th day of March, 
a.d. 1830, and was buried in a Yault he had some time 
before prepared, beneath the Chancel of Christ Church, 
Raleigh. 

Wkitings.— A few Sermons, Charges, Letters, &c, 
which, with an addition of sixty-one Sermons indi- 
cated by himself, were published after his death, in 
2 vols. 8vo. 



:nto. 21. 
the right reverend 



TnE second Bishop of Pennsylvania, was born in the 
City of New York on the 16th day of March, a.d. 
1789. 

He graduated at Columbia College, New York, a.d. 
1805. 

He went abroad, and studied medicine in London 
and Edinburgh. The Degree of M.D. he received from 
The University of Edinburgh. 

Returning to the United States, he began the prac- 
tice of Medicine in New York, and became the Asso- 
ciate Editor, with Dr. Valentine Mott, of The New 
York Medical Journal. He abandoned his Profession 
after a few years, and studied Theology under the 
direction of Bishop Hobart. 

Ordered Deacon in S. Paul's Chapel, New York, on 
the 8th clay of December, a.d. 1815, by The Right 
Rev. John Henry Hobart, D.D. 

Ordained Priest in Trinity Church, New York, on 
the 11th day of April, a.d. 1816, by the same Prelate. 

He went at once as a Missionary to Canandaigua, 
New York, where he remained four years. In 1820 
he removed to Brooklyn, Long Island, and became the 
Rector of S. Ann's Church, where he remained until 
his elevation to the Episcopate. 

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HENRY USTICK OXDERDOXK. 95 

Consecrated Assistant Bishop of Pennsylvania, in 
Christ Church, Philadelphia, on the 25th day of Oc- 
tober, a.d. 1827, by The Eight Eev. William White, 
D.D., assisted by the Eight Eev. John Henry Hobart, 
D.D., The Eight Eev. James Kemp, S.T.D., The 
Eight Eev. John Croes, S.T.D., and The Eight Eev. 
Nathaniel Bowen, D.D. 

He received the Degree of Doctor of Sacred The- 
ology from Columbia College, New York, and from 
Geneva (now Hobart) College, a.d. 1827. 

Upon the death of Bishop White, a.d. 1836, he be- 
came the Bishop of Pennsylvania. 

In 1844 he sent his resignation to the House of 
Bishops. The resignation was accepted, but under 
informal charges of intemperance, which were admitted 
by him, he was suspended from " all public exercise 
of the offices and functions of the sacred ministry, and 
in particular from all exercise whatsoever of the office 
and work .of a Bishop in the Church of God." In 
1856 he was restored to his Office and Ministry, 

Bishop Onderdonk died in Philadelphia on the 6th 
day of December, a.d. 1858, and was buried in the 
Church Yard of S. James the Less. 

Writings. — 1. Appeal to the Eeligious Public of 
Canandaigua, 1818. 2. Episcopacy tested by Scrip- 
ture, 1830. 3. Episcopacy Examined and Ee-examined, 
1835. 4. Essay on Eegeneration, 1835. 5. Family 
Devotions from The Liturgy, 1835. 6. Sermons and 
Charges, 2 vols. 8vo., 1851. 

The Hymns in the Old Prayer Book Collection, 
Nos. 14, 105, 106, 109, 131, 195, 203, 208, and 211, were 
written by him, and the versified Psalms in the same 
collection, Nos. 16, 23, and 59, were his. 



THE RIGHT REVEREND 

WILLIAM MEADE, D.D. 

The third Bishop of Virginia, was born near Millwood. 
Clark County, Virginia, on the 11th day of November, 
a.d. 1789. 

He graduated at The College of New Jersey, Prince- 
ton, a.d. 1808. 

Ordered Deacon in Bruton Parish Church, Williams- 
burg, Virginia, on the 24th day of February, a.d. 1811, 
by The Right Rev. James Madison, D.D. 

Ordained Priest in S. Paul's Church, Alexandria, 
Virginia, on the 29th day of January, a.d. 1814, by The 
Right Rev. Thomas John Claggett, D.D., Bishop of 
Maryland. 

He began his ministry as the Assistant of The Rev. 
Alexander Balmaine, Rector of the Parish Church at 
Millwood. In the Autumn of 1811 he went to Alex- 
andria, and took charge of Christ Church. In 1813 
he returned to Millwood, and upon the death of Mr. 
Balmaine, became the Rector of the Parish. 

Consecrated Assistant Bishop of Virginia in S. 
James' Church, Philadelphia, on the 19th day of Au- 
gust, a.d. 1829, by The Right Rev. "William White, 
D.D., assisted by The Right Rev. John Henry Hobart, 

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WILLIAM MEADE. 97 

D.D., The Right Rev. Alexander Viets Griswold, 
S.T.D., The Right Rev. Richard Charming Moore, 
S.T.D., The Right Rev. John Croes, S.T.D., The 
Right Rev. Thomas Church Brownell, S.T.D., and 
The Right Rev. Henry Ustick Onderdonk, S.T.D. 

Upon the death of Bishop R. C. Moore, he became 
the Bishop of Virginia. 

He received the Degree of Doctor in Divinity from 
The College of William and Mary, a.d. 1827. 

Bishop Meade died on the 14th day of March, a.d. 
1862, in Richmond, Virginia, and was buried in Holy- 
wood Cemetery. His remains were subsequently re- 
moved to the Cemetery of the Theological Seminary, 
near Alexandria. 

Writings. — 1. Family Prayer, 1834. 2. Lectures 
on the Pastoral Office, 1849. 3. Lectures to Students, 
1849. 4. Old Churches and Families in Virginia. 5. 
The Bible and the Classics, 1861. 6. Sermons, Ad- 
dresses, papers of a controversial nature, and Addresses 
to his Convention. 



Bishop Meade, in his book "Old Churches, Ministers and Families of 
Virginia," speaks of his Ordination to the Priesthood, and the Consecra- 
tion of St. Paul's Church, Alexandria, by Bishop Claggett, as follows : 

"Putting on his Kobes and his Mitre at some distance from the 
Church, he had to go along the street to reach it. This attracted the 
attention of a number of boys and others, who ran after and alongside 
of him, admiring his peculiar dress and gigantic stature. His voice 
was as extraordinary for strength and ungovernableness as was his 
stature for size, and as he entered the door of the Church, where the 
people were in silence awaiting, and the first words of the service burst 
forth from his lips in his most peculiar manner, a young lady, turning 
around suddenly and seeing his huge form and uncommon appearance, 
was so convulsed that she was obliged to be taken from the Church." 



No. 33. 

THE RIGHT REVEREND 

WILLIAM MURRAY STONE, S.T.D. 

The third Bishop of Maryland, was horn in Somerset 
County, Maryland, on the 1st day of June, a.d. 1779. 

He graduated at Washington College, Kent County, 
a.d. 1799, and studied Theology under the direction 
of The Rev. George Dashiel of Baltimore. 

Ordered Deacon in S. Paul's Church, Prince George's 
County, on the 17th day of May, a.d. 1802, hy The 
Right Rev. Thomas John Claggett, S.T.D. 

Ordained Priest in the same Church, on the 27th 
day of December in the same year, by the same Pre- 
late. 

In 1803 he became Rector of Stepney Parish, (now 
in Wicomico County,) Somerset County, where he re- 
mained until 1829, when he became the Rector of S. 
Paul's Church, Chestertown, Chester Parish, in the 
County of Kent. 

Consecrated Bishop of Maryland in S. Paul's Church, 
Baltimore, on the 21st day of October, a.d. 1830, by 
The Right Rev, William White, D.D., assisted by The 
Right Rev. Richard Channing Moore, D.D., The Right 
Rev. Henry Ustick Onderdonk, S.T.D., and The Right 
Rev. William Meade, D.D. 



WILLIAM MURRAY STONE. 99 

He received the Degree of Doctor of Sacred The- 
ology from Columbia College, a.d. 1830. 

Bishop Stone died on the 26th day of February, 
a.d. 1838. He was buried in a private burial place, 
but his remains were afterwards removed to " The 
Parsons' Cemetery" in Salisbury. 

Whitings. — 1. A Charge to the Clergy and Laity of 
Maryland, 1831. 2. Pastoral Letter to his Diocese, 1835. 
3. The Sermon before The General Convention, 1835. 



ONTo. 24r. 
THE RIGHT REVEREND 



BENJAMIN TREDWELL ONDERDONK, S.T.D. 

The fourth Bishop of New York, was born in the City 
of New York, on the 15th day of July, a.d. 1791. 

He graduated at Columbia College, New York, a.d. 
1809. 

Ordered Deacon in S. Paul's Chapel, New York, on 
the 2d day of August, a.d. 1812, by The Eight Eev. 
John Henry Hob art, D.D. 

Ordained Priest in Trinity Church, Newark, New 
Jersey, on the 26th day of July, a.d. 1815, by the 
same Prelate. 

He was elected Professor of Ecclesiastical History 
in The General Theological Seminary, New York, and 
was also Professor of the Nature, Ministry and Polity 
of the Church. This Chair he nominally held until 
the close of his life. He was an Assistant Minister in 
Trinity Church, New York, which position he held 
until after his elevation to the Episcopate. From 1816 
until 1830 he was Secretary of the Diocesan Convention. 

He received the Degree of Doctor of Sacred The- 
ology from Columbia College, New York, a.d. 1826. 

Consecrated Bishop of New York in S. John's 
Chapel, New York, on the 26th day of November, 
a.d. 1830, by The Eight Eev. William White, D.D., 

100 



BENJAMIN TREDWELL ONDERDONK. 101 

assisted by The Eight Rev. Thomas Church Brownell, 
S.T.D., and The Eight Eev. Henry Ustick Onderdonk. 
S.T.D. 

He was suspended " from the office of a Bishop in 
the Church of God, and from the functions of the 
Sacred Ministry," on the 3d day of January, a.d. 1845. 

At the Diocesan Convention of New York, a.d. 
1859, a Resolution was offered, " requesting the House 
of Bishops to terminate the suspension of Bishop 
Onderdonk," &c. This was passed by a vote of 147 
to 19 of the Clergy, and 75 to 46 of the Laity. The 
petition was never granted. 

Bishop Onderdonk died in the City of New York 
on the 30th day of April, a.d. 1861, and was buried 
in Trinity Cemetery. 



No. 25. 
THE RIGHT REVEREND 

LEVI SILLIMAN IVES, S.T.D., LL.D. 

The second Bishop of North Carolina, was born in 
Meriden, Connecticut, on the 16th day of September, 
a.d. 1797. 

In 1816 he entered Hamilton College, intending to 
study for the Presbyterian Ministry. His health failed, 
and he was obliged to abandon his project. Subse- 
quently he removed to New York, and, having decided 
to study for Holy Orders placed himself under the 
direction of Bishop Hobart, who superintended his 
Theological Studies. 

Ordered Deacon in Trinity Church, New York, on 
the 4th day of August, a.d. 1822, by The Eight Rev. 
John Henry Hobart, D.D. 

Ordained Priest in Trinity Church, (Southwark,) 
Philadelphia, on the 14th day of December, a.d. 1823, 
by The Right Rev. William White, D.D. 

His first ministrations were in S. James' Church, 
Batavia, New York. Subsequently, he was Rector of 
Trinity Church, (Southwark,) Philadelphia, Assistant 
Minister at Trinity Church, New York, Rector of S. 
Luke's Church, New York, and Rector of S. James' 
Church, Lancaster, Pennsylvania. 

He received the Degree of Doctor of Sacred The- 

102 



LEVI SILLIMAN IVES. 103 

ology from Columbia College, New York, a.d. 1824, 
and that of Doctor of Laws from The University of 
North Carolina, a.d. 1834. 

Consecrated Bishop of North Carolina in Trinity 
Church, (Southwark,) Philadelphia, on the 22d day of 
September, a.d. 1831, by The Eight Eev. "William 
White, D.D., assisted by The Eight Eev. Henry Us- 
tick Onderdonk, S.T.D., and The Eight Eev. Benj. 
Tredwell Onderdonk, S.T.D. 

In the year 1852, he made his obedience to the 
Eoman Communion, and was formally deposed in 
October, a.d. 1853. 

In The Eoman Catholic Church, he never attained 
any great prominence. 

He was made Professor of Ehetoric in S. Joseph's 
Seminary at Fordham, New York, Lecturer on Eng- 
lish Literature and Ehetoric in the Convent of The 
Sacred Heart, and President of the Order of S. Vincent 
de Paul. 

He died on the 13th day of October, a.d. 1867. 

Writings. — 1. A Catechism, 18mo., 2 Pts. 2. Manual 
of Devotion, 12mo. 3. Five Sermons on The Apostles' 
Doctrine and Fellowship, 16mo. 4. Humility a Minis- 
terial Qualification, an Address, 1840, 8vo. 5. Sermon 
on the Obedience of Faith, 1849, 18mo. 6. The Trials 
of a Mind in its Progress to Catholicism, a letter to 
his old friends, Boston, 1853, 12mo. : republished in 
London, 1854, 8vo. 



INTO. 26. 
THE RIGHT REVEREND 

JOHN HENRY HOPKINS, D.D., LL.D. 

The first Bishop of Vermont, was born in Dublin, Ire- 
land, on the 30th day of January, a.d. 1792. 

In the year 1800, his father removed with his family 
to the United States and settled in Philadelphia. 

After a somewhat remarkable experience, we find 
him as a member of the Bar, in successful practice in 
Pittsburg, Pennsylvania. 

During an interregnum in the Rectorship of Trinity 
Church, Pittsburg, he acted as Lay-reader, with charge 
of the music, Sunday-School, &c, keeping the Con- 
gregation together. His services were so acceptable 
that the Yestry unanimously elected him Rector of the 
Parish. He was not at that time even a Candidate for 
Holy Orders. 

He proceeded at once to Philadelphia, and, after con- 
sultation with Bishop "White, decided to accept the call. 

Ordered Deacon in Trinity Church, Philadelphia, 
(Southwark,) on the 14th day of December, a.d. 1823, 
by The Right Rev. "William White, D.D. 

Ordained Priest in S. John's Church, Norristown, 
Pennsylvania, on the 12th day of May, a.d. 1824, by 
the same Prelate. 

104 



JOHN HENRY HOPKINS. 105 

Iii 1826 and in 1829, he was a Deputy to the Gen- 
eral Convention from the Diocese of Pennsylvania. 

He remained in Pittsburg until 1831, when he re- 
moved to Massachusetts and became the Assistant 
Minister of Trinity Church, Boston, and Professor 
of Systematic Divinity in the Theological School in 
Boston. 

Consecrated Bishop of Vermont in S. Paul's Chapel, 
~New York, on the 31st day of October, a.d. 1832, by 
The Right Rev. William White, D.D., assisted by The 
Right Rev. Alexander Yiets Griswold, S.T.D., and The 
Right Rev. Nathaniel Bowen, D.D. 

Upon removing to Vermont, he became the Rector 
of S. Paul's Church, Burlington. 

Pie received the Degree of Doctor in Divinity from 
The University of Vermont, and that of Doctor of 
Laws from Jubilee College, Illinois. 

Upon the death of Bishop Brownell, a.d. 1865, he 
became the Presiding Bishop. 

Bishop Hopkins died in Burlington, Vermont, on 
the 9th day of January, a.d. 1868, and is buried in con- 
secrated ground at Rock Point, within the grounds 
adjoining the Episcopal residence. 

Whitings. — 1. Christianity Vindicated, 1833. 2. The 
Primitive Creed, examined and explained, 1834. 3. 
The Primitive Church, compared, &c, 1835. 4. Essay 
on Gothic Architecture, 1836, 4to. 5. The Church of 
Rome contrasted, &c, 1837. 6. The Novelties which 
disturb our Peace, 1844. 7. Sixteen Lectures on The 
Reformation. 8. The History of the Confessional, 
1850. 9. The " End of Controversy" controverted, , 
1854, 2 vols. 10. The American Citizen, 1857. 11. 

E* 



106 JOHN HENRY HOPKINS. 

A Scriptural, Ecclesiastical and Historical View of 
Slavery, 1864. 12. The Law of Ritualism, 1866. 13. 
The History of The Church, in verse, 1867. Post- 
humous. — A Candid Examination of the Question, 
whether the Pope of Rome is the great Antichrist of 
Scripture, 1868. 

Bishop Hopkins also published a large number of 
Letters, Essays, Sermons and various Addresses, Lec- 
tures, &c. See " The Life of Bishop Hopkins, by one 
of his sons," 1873. 



ISTo. 37. 
THE RIGHT REVEREND 

BENJAMIN BOSWORTH SMITH, S.T.D., LL.D. 

The first Bishop of Kentucky, was born in Bristol, 
Rhode Island, on the 13th day of June, a.d. 1794. 

He graduated at Brown University, Providence, 
Rhode Island, a.d. 1816. 

Ordered Deacon in S. Michael's Church, Bristol, on 
the 23d day of April, a.d. 1817, by The Right Rev. 
Alexander Viets Griswold, S.T.D. 

Ordained Priest in S. Michael's Church, Marble- 
head, Massachusetts, on the 24th day of June, a.d. 1818, 
by the same Prelate. 

His first Pastoral work was in S. Michael's Parish, 
Marblehead, where he remained about two years, when 
he removed to. Virginia, and became the Rector of S. 
George's Church, Accomack County. About two 
years later, he became the Rector of Zion Church, 
Charlestown, with charge of Trinity Church, Shep- 
herdstown. In 1823 he removed to Vermont and 
became Rector of S. Stephen's Church, Middlebury. 
In 1828 he took charge of Grace Church Mission, 
Philadelphia. In 1830 he removed to Kentucky, and 
became the Rector of Christ Church, Lexington, which 
position he held until 1837, when he gave up all Pas- 

107 



108 BENJAMIN BOS WORTH SMITH. 

toral work, and devoted himself to the duties of his 
Episcopate. 

He received the Degree of Doctor of Sacred The- 
ology from Geneva College, (now Hohart,) a.d. 1832, 
and that of Doctor of Laws from Brown University, 
a.d. 1872, and from Griswold College, Iowa, a.d. 1870. 

Consecrated Bishop of Kentucky in S. Paul's Chapel, 
New York, on the 31st day of October, a.d. 1832, Ly 
The Right Rev. William White, D.D., assisted by The 
Right Rev. Thomas Church Brownell, S.T.D., and The 
Right Rev. Henry Ustick Onderdonk, S.T.D. 

Upon the death of Bishop Hopkins, a.d. 1868, he 
became the Presiding Bishop. 

Weitings. — 1. A Sermon before The General Con- 
vention, a.d. 1850 : The Position of The Protestant 
Episcopal Church in these United States. 2. Five 
Charges to his Clergy. 3. Saturday Evening, or 
Thoughts on the Progress of the Plan of Salvation, 
1876. 4. Apostolic Succession; Pacts which prove 
that a Ministry appointed by Christ Himself involves 
this Position, 1877. 

Fifty-two Bishops were consecrated during Bishop 
Smith's term of office as Presiding Bishop, all of whom, 
save two, were living at the time of his death. 

Bishop Smith died in the city of New York, on the 
31st clay of May, a.d. 1884, and was buried at Frank- 
fort, Kentucky. 



No. 38. 
THE RIGHT REVEREND 

CHARLES PETTIT McILVAINE, S.T.D., D.C.L., LL.D. 

The second Bishop of Ohio, was born in Burlington, 
New Jersey, on the 18th day of January, a.d. 1799. 

He graduated at The College of New Jersey, Prince- 
ton, a.d. 1816, and entered The Princeton Theological 
Seminary in the Autumn of the same year. 

Ordered Deacon in S. Peter's Church, Philadelphia, 
on the 28th day of June, a.d. 1820, by The Right Rev. 
William White, D J). 

Ordained Priest in S. Paul's Church, Baltimore, on 
the 20th day of March, a.d. 1821, by The Right Rev. 
James Kemp, S.T.D. 

Immediately upon his Ordination to the Diaconate, 
he removed to Georgetown, D. C, and took charge of 
Christ Church. Upon his Ordination to the Priest- 
hood, he became the Rector of the Parish, and re- 
mained in that position four years. 

In 1825 he removed to West Point, and became 
Professor of Ethics in the United States Military 
Academy. 

In 1830 he removed to Brooklyn, Long Island, and 
became the Rector of S. Ann's Church. The following 

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HO CHARLES PETTIT MCILVAINE. 

year, (1831,) lie became Professor of The Evidences 
of Revealed Religion, and Sacred Antiquities, in The 
University of The City of New York. 

Consecrated Bishop of Ohio in S. Paul's Chapel, 
New York, on the 31st day of October, a.d. 1832, by 
The Right Rev. William White, D.D., assisted by The 
Right Rev. Alexander Viets Griswold, S.T.D., and The 
Right Rev. William Meade, D.D. 

He received the Degree of Doctor of Sacred The- 
ology from The College of New Jersey, Princeton, 
and from Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, 
a.d. 1832; Doctor of Civil Law from The University 
of Oxford, England, a.d. 1853, and Doctor of Laws 
from The University of Cambridge, England, a.d. 
1867. 

Upon his removal to Ohio, he was elected President 
of Kenyon College, Gambier, which position he held 
until 1840. He was for some years President of the 
Theological Seminary of Ohio, in Gambier. 

Bishop McRvaine died in Florence, Italy, on the 13th 
day of March, a.d. 1873. He was buried in Spring 
Grove Cemetery near Cincinnati, Ohio. 

Whitings. — 1. The Evidences of Christianity, in 
their External Division ; a course of Lectures, 1831-2, 
12mo. 2. Oxford Divinity compared with that of the 
Roman and Anglican Churches, with a Special View 
of the Doctrine of Justification by Faith, 1841, 8vo. 3. 
The Sinner's Justification, 1851, 18mo. 4. The Holy 
Catholic Church, 1844, 18mo. 5. No Priest, No Al- 
tar, No Sacrifice but Christ, 12mo. 6. Valedictory 
Offering— Five Sermons, 1853, 12mo. 7. A Word in 
Season, to Candidates for Confirmation. 8. The Doc- 



CHARLES PETTI T MclLVAINE. \\\ 

trines of The Protestant Episcopal Church, as to Con- 
firmation. 9. Chief Danger of The Church. 10. The 
Truth and The Life, 22 Discourses, 1855, 8vo. 11. A 
collection of Sermons compiled from English sources. 
12. Occasional Sermons, Addresses, Pastoral Letters, 
&c. 13. Varied and frequent contributions to Periodi- 
cals, &c. 

Note. — Bishop Mcllvaine, in a letter to The Rev. 
George Morgan Hills, D.D., Eector of S. Mary's 
Church, Burlington, New Jersey, which bears the date 
of April 1st, 1872, says : "I was Ordained Deacon in 
S. Peter's Church, Philadelphia, July 4th, 1820." 

Bishop "White, in his address to the Convention of 
the Diocese of Pennsylvania, in May, a.d. 1821, says : 
" On the 8th day of June (1820) I Ordained to the 
Holy Office of Priests, The Rev. Samuel C. Brinckle, 
and to the Holy Office of Deacons, Charles P. Mc- 
llvaine." 

Bishop Burgess, in his " List of Deacons Ordained 
from a.d. 1785, to a.d. 1857, says: " 481. Charles Pettit 
Mcllvaine, June 18th, (1820,) Bishop "White." 

This great discrepancy led to a careful investigation. 
A paper called the " Episcopal Magazine," was pub- 
lished in Philadelphia at that time, and the record 
there given is this : " Ordinations. An Ordination w T as 
"held in S. Peter's Church, Philadelphia, on Wednes- 
" day, the 28th day of Jur»e, by The Right Rev. Bishop 
" White, when the Rev. Samuel C. Brinckle, Rector 
"of S. David's, Radnor, was admitted to the Holy 
" Order of Priests, and Charles Mcllvaine, of Bur- 
" lington, New Jersey, to the Holy Order of Deacons." 
At last a daughter of Mr. Brinckle found her father's 
Letters of Orders, where the date of his Ordination 



112 CHARLES PETTIT MGILVAINE. 

to the Diaconate is given as May 6th, 1818, and to the 
Priesthood, June 28th, 1820. 

This is without doubt the true date, though the letter 
of Orders to the Diaconate, of Charles P. Mcllvaine, 
bears the date of July 4th, 1820, and is signed by 
Bishop White. 



INTo. 39. 

THE RIGHT REVEREND 

GEORGE WASHINGTON DOANE, S.T.D., LL.D. 

The second Bishop of New Jersey, was born in Tren- 
ton, New Jersey, on the 27th day of May, a.d. 1799. 

He graduated at Union College, Schenectady, New 
York, a.d. 1818. 

Ordered Deacon in Christ Church, New York, on 
the 19th day of April, a.d. 1821, by The Right Rev. 
John Henry Hobart, D.D. 

Ordained Priest in Trinity Church, New York, on 
the 6th day of August, a.d. 1823, by the same Prelate. 

He was an Assistant Minister in Trinity Church, 
New York, until 1825, when he removed to Hartford, 
Connecticut, where he became the Professor of Rhetoric 
andBelles-Lettres in Washington (now Trinity) College. 

In 1828 he removed to Boston and became an As- 
sistant Minister, and subsequently the Rector, of Trinity 
Church, where he remained until his elevation to the 
Episcopate. 

Consecrated Bishop of New Jersey in S. Paul's 
Chapel, New York, on the 31st day of October, a.d. 
1832, by The Right Rev. "William White, D.D., assisted 
by The Right Rev. Benj. Tredwell Onderdonk, S.T.D.. 
and The Right Rev. Levi Silliman Ives, S.T.D. 

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114 GEORGE WASHINGTON DOANE. 

Shortly after removing to New Jersey, he accepted 
the Rectorship of S. Mary's Church, Burlington, which 
position he held until his death. 

In 1837 he founded S. Mary's Hall, a Boarding and 
Day-school for girls; and in 1846 he founded Burling- 
ton College, locating both Institutions at Burlington. 

He received the Degree of Doctor of Sacred The- 
ology from Columbia College, New York, a.d. 1831, 
and from Trinity College, Hartford, Connecticut, in 
the same year. The Degree of Doctor of Laws was 
conferred upon him by S. John's College, Annapolis, 
Maryland, a.d. 1841. 

Bishop Doane died in Burlington, on the 27th day 
of April, a.d. 1859, and was buried in S. Mary's Church 
Yard. 

"Weitings. — Poems, Sermons, Addresses, Lectures, 
Essays, &c, an indefinite number. See his "Life and 
Memoir," written by his Son, The Right Rev. William 
Croswell Doane, S.T.D., Bishop of Albany, 4 vols. 8vo., 
1860. 



No. 30. 

THE RIGHT REVEREND 

JAMES HERVEY OTEY, S.T.D. 

The first Bishop of Tennessee, was born in Liberty, 
Bedford County, Virginia, on the 27th day of January, 
a.d. 1800. 

He graduated at The University of North Carolina, 
Chapel Hill, a.d. 1820, and became a Tutor in his 
Alma-Mater the following Academical year. 

Ordered Deacon in S. John's Church, Williams- 
boro', North Carolina, on the 16th day of October, 
a.d. 1825, by The Right Rev. John Stark Ravenscroft, 
D.D. 

Ordained Priest in S. Matthew's Church, Hillsboro', 
North Carolina, on the 17th day of June, a.d. 1827, by 
the same Prelate. 

He removed to Tennessee and settled at Franklin, 
where for a support he opened a school, and officiated 
at Franklin, Columbus, and Nashville. 

He received the Degree of Doctor of Sacred The- 
ology from Columbia College, New York, a.d. 1833. 

Consecrated Bishop of Tennessee in Christ Church, 
Philadelphia, on the 14th day of January, a.d. 1834, by 
The Right Rev. William White, D.D., assisted by The 
Right Rev. Henry Ustick Onderdonk, S.T.D., The 
Right Rev. Benjamin T. Onderdonk, D.D., and The 
Right Rev. George Washington Doane, S.T.D. 

115 



116 JAMES HERVEY OTEY. 

For several years he acted as Provisional Bishop 
for Mississippi and Florida, and as Missionary Bishop 
for Arkansas, Louisiana, and the Indian Territory. 

He founded a school for girls at Columbia, Maury 
County, Tennessee, which has proved a valuable addi- 
tion to the work of education in the Diocese. He was 
one of the original projectors of The University of the 
South, at Sewanee, in Tennessee. 

Bishop Otey died on the 23d day of April, a.d. 1863. 
In his early life he had selected a spot on one of the 
Peaks of Otter, where he wished to be buried. After 
the consecration of S. John's Church and Church Yard, 
at Ashwood, near Columbia, he deposited the remains 
of his wife and children there, and directed that he 
should be buried there also. At the time of his death 
the Civil War was raging, and his remains were de- 
posited in a Marble Cenotaph at Elmwood Cemetery, 
Memphis, until such time as his directions could be 
carried out. In his Will he directed these words to be 
inscribed upon his monument: " First Bishop of The 
Holy Catholic Church, in Tennessee. The Blood of 
Christ cleanseth us from all sin." 

Writings.—!. Three Discourses. — The Unity of The 
Church; The Ministry; The Apostolical Succession, 
1852, 8vo. 2. Charges, Addresses to his Convention, 
Pastoral Letters, &c. 



No. 31. 
THE RIGHT REVEREND 

JACKSON KEMPER, S.T.D., 

The first Bishop of Wisconsin, and the first Mis- 
sionary Bishop in The American Church, was born 
in Pleasant Valley, Dutchess County, New York, on 
the 24th clay of December, a.d. 1789. 

He graduated at Columbia College, New York, a.d. 
1809, and studied Theology under the direction of Dr. 
Hobart and the Clergy of Trinity Church, New York. 
Upon the completion of his Theological course of 
study, Bishop Moore being disabled, and Dr. Hobart 
not yet consecrated, he proceeded to Philadelphia for 
Ordination. 

Ordered Deacon in Christ Church, Philadelphia, on 
the 10th clay of March, a.d. 1811, by The Eight Eev. 
William White, D.D. 

Ordained Priest in the same Church, on the 23cl 
day of January, a.d. 1814, by the same Prelate. 

In May, 1811, he became an Assistant Minister of 
the United Parishes of Christ Church, S. Peter's, and 
S. James', Philadelphia, which position he held for 
twenty years. 

In 1812 he made an extended missionary tour 
through the Western part of Pennsylvania, touching 

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118 JACKSON KEMPER. 

at different points on the borders of Ohio. In 1814 
he repeated the journey at the request of Bishop 
White, and made very full reports, which were of 
great value. In 1819-20 he made an extensive jour- 
ney for the purpose of raising money for the General 
Theological Seminary. 

He was the Secretary of the Diocese of Pennsyl- 
vania from 1811 until 1818. 

In 1831 he removed to Connecticut, and became the 
Rector of S. Paul's Church, Norwalk, where he re- 
mained until his elevation to the Episcopate. 

Consecrated as Missionary Bishop for Missouri and 
Indiana in S. Peter's Church, Philadelphia, on the 
25th day of September, a.d. 1835, by The Right Rev. 
William White, D.D., assisted by The Right Rev. 
Richard Channing Moore, D.D., The Right Rev. Phi- 
lander Chase, S.T.D., The Right Rev. Henry Ustick 
Onderdonk, S.T.D., The Right Rev. Benjamin Tred- 
well Onderdonk, S.T.D., The Right Rev. Benjamin 
Bosworth Smith, S.T.D., and The Right Rev. George 
Washington Doane, S.T.D. 

(This was the twenty-sixth and last Bishop conse- 
crated by Bishop White.) 

He received the Degree of Doctor of Sacred The- 
ology from Columbia College, New York, a.d. 1829. 

After several years of labor in Missouri and Indiana, 
his jurisdiction was extended to the territory now em- 
braced by the States of Kansas, Nebraska, Iowa, Min- 
nesota, and Wisconsin. He lived to see them all with 
Bishops of their own, and in nearly every case pie- 
sided at the Convention in which each new Diocese 
was organized. 



JACKSON KEMPER. 119 

In 1837-8 he made an extended tour through the 
Missionary jurisdiction of the South, visiting Arkansas, 
Mississippi, Louisiana, Alabama, Georgia, and Florida. 
This region was at that time under the care of Bishop 
Otey, who, disabled by sickness, invited Bishop Kem- 
per to make the visitation in his place. 

In 1838 Bishop Kemper was elected Bishop of 
Maryland, but declined. 

In 1847 Wisconsin was organized into a Diocese, 
and at the Primary Council, Bishop Kemper was elected 
Diocesan, but declined. In 1859 he was again elected 
Bishop of Wisconsin, which election he accepted, and, 
at the meeting of the General Convention in that 
year, he resigned his position as Missionary Bishop, 
which he had held twenty-four years. 

Bishop Kemper died at his own home, in Delafield, 
Wisconsin, on the 24th day of May, a.d. 1870, and 
was buried in the Cemetery on the grounds belonging 
to The Theological Seminary of Eashotah. 

Writings. — A few pamphlets, occasional Sermons, 
Episcopal Addresses, Pastoral Letters, &c. 



No. 33. 
THE RIGHT REVEREND 

SAMUEL ALLEN McCOSKRY, S.T.D., LL.D. 

The first Bishop of Michigan, was born in Carlisle, 
Pennsylvania, on the 9th day of November, a.d. 1804. 

In 1820 he entered as a Cadet in the United States 
Military Academy at West Point, where he remained 
two years. He resigned, and entered Dickinson Col- 
lege, Carlisle, where he graduated, a.d. 1825. 

He studied law, was admitted to the Bar, and prac- 
tised in Carlisle for six years. For two years he was 
Deputy Attorney General for Cumberland County, 
Pennsylvania. 

In 1831 he abandoned his Profession, and studied 
Theology, preparatory to taking Orders. 

Ordered Deacon in Christ Church, Reading, Penn- 
sylvania, on the 28th day of March, a.d. 1833, by The 
Eight Rev. H. IT. Onderdonk, S.T.D. 

Ordained Priest in the same Church, on the 13th 
day of December, a.d. 1833, by the same Prelate. 

He remained at Reading but a little more than one 
year, when he removed to Philadelphia and became 
the Rector of S. Paul's Church, where he remained 
until his elevation to the Episcopate. 

Consecrated Bishop of Michigan in S. Paul's Church, 

120 



SAMUEL ALLEN McCOSKRY. 121 

Philadelphia, on the 7th day of July, a.d. 1836. by The 
Right Rev. Henry Ustick Onderdonk, S.T.D., assisted 
by The Right Rev. George Washington Doane, S.T.D., 
and The Right Rev. Jackson Kemper, S.T.D. 

Bishop "White had taken order for the Consecra- 
tion of Mr. McCoskry on the 5th of July, but on 
that day he was too ill to leave his house, and a post- 
ponement was necessary. He gave authority to Bishop 
Onderdonk to act in his place, and the Consecration 
took place on the 7th. Bishop White died on the 17th. 

On his removal to Michigan he settled in Detroit, 
and became the Rector of S. Paul's Church, which 
position he held for twenty-seven years. 

He received the Degree of Doctor of Sacred The- 
ology from Columbia College, and that of Doctor of 
Divinity from The University of Pennsylvania, a.d. 
1837. The Degree of Doctor of Civil Law was 
conferred upon him by the University of Oxford, a.d. 
1852. 

Bishop McCoskry resigned his jurisdiction in March, 
a.d. 1878, as he declared, " owing to failing health and 
infirmities of age, which hindered the efficient admin- 
istration of the affairs of the Diocese." Grave charges 
affecting his moral character were soon made public, 
and he withdrew his resignation. Before an investi- 
gation could be had, enabling the House of Bishops to 
examine the matter, he renewed his resignation, aban- 
doned the Diocese and left the country. 

At a meeting of The House of Bishops, held in the 
city of New York, on the 3d day of September, a.d. 
1878, he was formally deposed. 

Bishop McCoskry died in New York, August, 1886. 

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IsTo. 33. 
THE RIGHT REVEREND 

LEONIDAS POLK, S.T.D. 

The first Bishop of Louisiana, was born in Raleigh, 
North Carolina, on the 10th day of April, a.d. 1806. 

He graduated at the United States Military Acad- 
emy, West Point, a.d. 1827. 

While at West Point, he was Baptized by The Rev. 
Charles P. Mcllvaine, and shortly after his graduation, 
he was Confirmed in Christ Church, Raleigh, by The 
Right Rev. John Stark Ravenscroft, D.D. 

Ordered Deacon in The Monumental Church, Rich- 
mond, Virginia, on the 11th day of April, a.d. 1830, 
by The Right Rev. Richard Channing Moore, D.D. 

Ordained Priest in Christ Church, Norfolk, Virginia, 
on the 22d day of May, a.d. 1831, by the same Prelate. 

He was the Assistant Minister in The Monumental 
Church, (of which Bishop Moore was the Rector,) for 
a little more than a year, when his health failed, and 
acting under medical advice he resigned his position, 
and went to Europe. 

Shortly after his return he removed to Tennessee, 
where he became canonically resident in December, 
1833. He became the Rector of S. Peter's Church, 
Columbia, which position he held until his elevation to 
the Episcopate. 

122 



LEONID AS POLK. 123 

In 1834 he was elected Deputy to the General Con- 
vention from Tennessee, and in 1835 a member of the 
Standing Committee of the Diocese. 

Consecrated Missionary Bishop of Arkansas and the 
Indian Territory south of 36° 30 r , with Provisional 
Charge of Alabama, Mississippi, and the Republic of 
Texas, in Christ Church, Cincinnati, Ohio, on the 9th 
day of December, a.d. 1838, by The Right Rev. Wil- 
liam Meade, D.D., assisted by The Right Rev. Benja- 
min Bosworth Smith, S.T.D., The Right Rev. Charles 
Pettit Mcllvaine, S.T.D., and The Right Rev. James 
Hervey Otey, S.T.D. 

He received the Degree of Doctor of Sacred The- 
ology from Columbia College, New York, a.d. 1838. 

In 1841 he was elected Bishop of Louisiana, which 
he accepted, and resigned his missionary jurisdiction. 

During the Civil "War, he was appointed Major- 
General in the Confederate Forces. While on duty 
near Marietta, Georgia, he was wounded by a shot from 
a cannon, and died on the 14th day of June, a.d. 1864. 



No. 34. 

THE RIGHT REVEREND 

WILLIAM HEATHCOTE DE LANCEY, S.T.D., LL.D., D.C.L. 

The first Bishop of Western New York, was born in 
Mamaroneck, Westchester County, New York, on the 
8th day of October, a.d. 1797. 

He graduated at Yale College, New Haven, Con- 
necticut, a.d. 1817, and studied Theology under the 
immediate direction of Bishop Hobart. 

Ordered Deacon in S. John's Chapel, New York, 
on the 28th day of December, a.d. 1819, by The Right 
Rev. John Henry Hobart, D.D. 

Ordained Priest in Trinity Church, New York, on 
the 6th day of March, a.d. 1822, by the same Prelate. 

Immediately after his Ordination to the Priesthood 
he removed to Philadelphia, and became the Assistant 
to Bishop White, who, at that time, was the Rector of 
Christ, S. Peter's and S. James' Churches. 

The following year he was elected Assistant Min- 
ister at S. Peter's Church. 

He was Secretary of the Diocesan Convention of 
Pennsylvania from 1823 until 1830, and was also Sec- 
retary of the House of Bishops from 1823 until 1829. 

In 1828 he was chosen Provost of The University of 
Pennsylvania, which position he held for five years. 

124 



WILLIAM HEATHCOTE DE LA ACE F. 125 

In 1838 he returned as Assistant Minister at S. 
Peter's Church, and upon the death of Bishop "White 
(1836) he became the Rector. 

Consecrated Bishop of Western New York in S. 
Peter's Church, Auburn, New York, on the 9th day 
of May, a.d. 1839, by The Right Rev. Alexander Viets 
Griswold, S.T.D., assisted by The Right Rev. Henry 
Cstick Onderdonk, S.T.D., The Right Rev. Benja- 
min Tredwell Onderdonk, S.T.D., and The Right Rev. 
George Washington Doane, S.T.D. 

He received the Degree of Doctor of Sacred The- 
ology from Yale College, New Haven, Connecticut, 
a.d. 1828, that of Doctor of Laws from Union College, 
Schenectady, New York, a.d. 1847, and that of Doctor 
of Canon Law from The University of Oxford, Eng- 
land, a.d. 1852. 

After his Consecration he removed to Geneva, New 
York, the seat of Geneva (now Hobart) College, where 
he remained during the rest of his life. 

Bishop De Lancey died at Geneva, N"ew York, on the 
5th day of April, a.d. 1865. 

Writings. — Occasional Sermons, Addresses to his 
Convention and some Charges. 



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:No. 35. 
THE RIGHT REVEREND 

CHRISTOPHER EDWARDS GADSDEN, D.D. 

The fourth Bishop of South Carolina, was born in 
Charleston, South Carolina, on the 25th day of No- 
vember, a.d. 1785. 

He graduated at Yale College, New Haven, Con- 
necticut, a.d. 1804. 

Ordered Deacon in S. Paul's Chapel, New York, on 
the 25th day of July, a.d. 1807, by The Eight Rev. 
Benjamin Moore, S.T.D. 

Ordained Priest in Bruton Parish Church, "Williams- 
burg, Virginia, on the 14th day of April, a.d. 1810, by 
The Right Rev. James Madison, D.D. 

He became the Rector of the Parish of S. John's, 
Berkeley, South Carolina, where he remained for two 
years, when he was chosen as the Assistant Minister of 
S. Philip's Church, Charleston. In 1814 he became the 
Pector of S. Philip's Church, which position he held 
until his elevation to the Episcopate. 

He received the Degree of Doctor in Divinity from 
South Carolina College, a.d. 1815. 

Consecrated Bishop of South Carolina in Trinity 
Church, Boston, Massachusetts, on the 21st day of June, 
a.d. 1840, by The Right Rev. Alexander Yiets Oriswold, 

126 



CHRISTOPHER EDWARDS GADSDEN. 127 

S.T.D., assisted by The Right Rev. George "Washing- 
ton Doane, S.T.D., and The Right Rev. Samuel Allen 
McCoskry, S.TJD. 

Bishop Gadsden died in Charleston on the 24th day 
of June, a.d. 1852, and was buried in the Chancel of 
S. Philip's Church. 

Writings. — 1. A Sermon on the death of Bishop 
Dehon, 1833. 2. An Essay on the life of Bishop De- 
hon, 1833. 3. A Tract, " The Prayer Book as it is.' 5 
4. Three Charges to his Clergy. 



No. 36. 
THE RIGHT REVEREND 

WILLIAM ROLLINSON WHITTINGHAM, S.T.D., LL.D. 

The fourth Bishop of Maryland, was born in the City 
of New York on the 2d day of December, a.d. 1805. 

He graduated at The General Theological Seminary, 
New York, a.d. 1825. 

Ordered Deacon in Trinity Church, New York, oh 
the 11th day of March, a.d. 1827, by The Eight Eev. 
John Henry Hobart, D.D. 

Ordained Priest in S. Mark's Church, Orange, New 
Jersey, on the 17th day of December, a.d. 1829, by 
The Eight Eev. John Croes, D.D. He was Instituted 
Eector of S. Mark's Church, on the following day, by 
the same Prelate. 

In 1831 he became Eector of S. Luke's Church, New 
York. In 1835 Professor of Ecclesiastical History in 
The General Theological Seminary, which position he 
held until his elevation to the Episcopate, 

He received the Degree of Doctor of Sacred The- 
ology from Columbia College, New York, a.d. 1837. 

Consecrated Bishop of Maryland in S. Paul's Church, 
Baltimore, on the 17th day of September, a.d. 1840, by 
The Eight Eev. Alexander Viets Griswold, S.T.D., as- 
sisted by The Eight Eev. Eichard Channing Moore, 

128 



WILLIAM ROLLINSON WHITTINGHAM. 129 

D.D., The Right Rev. Benjamin Tredwell Onderdonk, 
S.T.D., and The Right Rev. George "Washington Doane, 
S.T.D. 

He received the Degree of Doctor of Laws from S. 
John's College, Annapolis, Maryland, a.d. 1859. 

"Writings. — He was the Editor of The Family Vis- 
itor, Children's Magazine, and The Churchman. He 
also edited A Parish Library of Standard Works (13 
vols.), with Prefaces, Notes, &c. ; An Edition of Pal- 
mer's Church History, 1862, 12mo. In 1829 he edited, 
in company with The Rev. J. F. Schroeder, D.D., and 
others, a series of Essays and Dissertations in Biblical 
Literature, 1 vol. 8vo. In company with The Rev. S. 
H. Turner, D.D., he edited an Introduction to The Old 
Testament, translated from the Latin and German 
works of John Jahn, Ph.D. 

Bishop Whittingham died at Orange, New Jersey, 
on the 17th day of October, a.d. 1879, and was buried 
in S. Mark's Cemetery. 



No. 37. 

THE RIGHT REVEREND 

STEPHEN ELLIOTT, Jr., S.T.D. 

The first Bishop of Georgia, was born in Beaufort, 
South Carolina, on the 31st day of August, a.d. 1806. 

He spent two years at Harvard College, Cambridge, 
Massachusetts, and the remainder of his collegiate 
course at South Carolina College, where he graduated, 
a.d. 1825. 

He studied Law, and was admitted to the Bar, a.d. 
1827. After five years' practice, he abandoned the 
Profession, and began the study of Theology. 

Ordered Deacon in S. Paul's Church, Charleston, 
South Carolina, on the 8th day of November, a.d. 1835, 
by The Eight Kev. Nathaniel Bowen, D.D. 

Ordained Priest on the 22d day of June, a.d. 1838, 
by the same Prelate. 

He served for one month while in Deacon's Orders, 
in Christ Church, Wilton, South Carolina, when he was 
elected Professor of Sacred Literature, and the Evi- 
dences of Christianity, in South Carolina College, where 
he remained until his elevation to the Episcopate. 

Consecrated Bishop of Georgia in Christ Church, 
Savannah, on the 28th day of February, a.d. 1841, by 
The Right Rev. "William Meade, D.D., assisted by The 
Right Rev. Levi Silliman Ives, S.T.D. , LL.D., and 
The Right Rev. Christopher Edwards Gadsden, D.D. 

130 



STEPHEN ELLIOTT, JR. 131 

He received the Degree of Doctor of Sacred The- 
ology from Columbia College, New York, and from 
Trinity College, Hartford, Connecticut, a.d. 1840. 

Upon his removal to Georgia, he settled at Savannah, 
and became the Rector of S. John's Church. In 1845 
he was made Provisional Bishop of Florida, and at the 
same time he removed to Montpelier, Georgia, and 
established a Seminary for young ladies. After seven 
years of this work, in which he expended his whole 
fortune, he returned to Savannah, and became the 
Rector of Christ Church, where he remained during 
his life. 

Bishop Elliott died in Savannah on the 21st day of 
December, a.d. 1866, and was buried in the Old 
Cemetery at Savannah. 



No. 38. 

THE RIGHT REVEREND 

ALFRED LEE, S.T.D., LL.D. 

The first Bishop of Delaware, was born in Cambridge, 
Massachusetts, on the 9th day of September, a.d. 1807. 

He graduated at Harvard College, a.d. 1827. 

He studied Law, and was admitted to the Bar in 
New London, Connecticut, where he practised for two 
years. He then entered the General Theological Semi- 
nary at New York, where he graduated a.d. 1837. 

Ordered Deacon in Trinity Church, Norwich, Con- 
necticut, on the 21st day of May, a.d. 1837, by The 
Right Rev. Thomas Church Brownell, S.T.D. 

Ordained Priest in Christ Church, Hartford, Con- 
necticut, on the 12th clay of June, a.d. 1838, by the same 
Prelate. 

He officiated a few months during the summer of 
1838, in S. James' Church, Poquetannock, Connecticut. 
In September, 1838, he became the Rector of Calvary 
Church, Rockdale, Pennsylvania, where he remained 
until his elevation to the Episcopate. 

Consecrated Bishop of Delaware in S. Paul's Chapel, 
New York, on the 12th day of October, a.d. 1841, by 
The Right Rev. Alexander Yiets Griswold, S.T.D., 
assisted by The Right Rev. Richard Channing Moore, 

132 



ALFRED LEE. 133 

D.D., The Right Rev. Philander Chase, S.T.D., The 
Right Rev. Thomas Church Brownell, S.T.D., The 
Right Rev. Henry Ustick Onderdonk, S.T.D. ; The 
Right Rev. William Meade, D.D., and The Right Rev. 
Charles Pettit McRvaine, S.T.D. 

Upon his removal to Delaware, he settled at Wil- 
mington, and in October, 1842, he became the Rector 
of S. Andrew's Church. 

He received the Degree of Doctor of Sacred The- 
ology from Trinity College, Hartford, Connecticut, a.d. 
1841, and from Hobart College, Geneva, New York, in 
the same year. In 1860 he received the same Degree 
from Harvard College, Cambridge, Massachusetts, and 
in 1877 that of Doctor of Laws from Delaware College, 
Newark, Delaware. 

Writings. — Books : 1. Life of S. Peter. 2. Life of 
S. John. 3. Voice in the Wilderness. 

Charges. — 1. Right and Responsibility of Private 
Judgment. 2. The One Mediator. 3. Requisites of a 
Successful Ministry. 4. The Faithful and Wise Ser- 
vant. 5. Duties of the Minister. 

Sermons. — 1. A Life hid with Christ in God. 2. 
Ordination Sermon — 1 Tim. iv. 16. 3. Unsearchable 
Riches of Christ. 4. Uncertainty of the Morrow. 5. 
The Society of Divine Origin. 6. The Lamb the 
Light of His Church. 7. The Voice of the Spirit to 
His Church. 8. Sermon before the General Con- 
vention, a.d. 1868. 

Several Addresses, Sermons, Pastoral Letters, &c. 

Bishop Lee died at Wilmington, April 12th, a.d. 1887, 
and was buried in " Old Swedes," Church Yard. 

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IISTo. 39. 
THE RIGHT REVEREND 

JOHN JOHNS, S.T.D. 

The fourth Bishop of Virginia, was born in New- 
Castle, Delaware, on the 10th day of July, a.d. 1796. 

He graduated at The College of New Jersey, Prince- 
ton, a.d. 1815. 

Ordered Deacon in S. James' Church, Philadelphia, 
on the 6th day of May, a.d. 1819, by The Eight Eev. 
"William White, D.D. 

Ordained Priest in All Saints' Church, Frederick- 
Town, Maryland, on the 26th day of July, a.d. 1820, 
by The Eight Eev. James Kemp, D.D. 

He remained in Frederick-Town, in the Eectorship 
of All Saints' Church, eight years, after which he re- 
moved to Baltimore and became the Eector of Christ 
Church, which position he held until his elevation to 
the Episcopate. 

He received the Degree of Doctor of Sacred The- 
ology from The College of New Jersey, and that of 
Doctor in Divinity from The University of New York, 
a.d. 1834, and that of Doctor of Laws from The Col- 
lege of William and Mary, a.d. 1855. 

Consecrated Assistant Bishop of Virginia in Monu- 
mental Church, Bichmond, on the 13th day of October, 

134 



JOHN JOHNS. 135 

a.d. 1842, by The Right Rev. Alexander Yiets Gris- 
wold, S.T.D., assisted by The Right Rev. William 
Meade, D.D., The Right Rev. Levi Silliman Ives, 
S.T.D., LL.D., and The Right Rev. William Rollin- 
son Whittingham, S.T.D. 

In 1844 he became the President of The College of 
William and Mary, which position he held five years. 
He was also the President of The Theological Semi- 
nary of Virginia for some years. 

Upon the death of Bishop Meade in 1862, he became 
the Bishop of Virginia. 

Bishop Johns died on the 5th day of April, a.d. 
1876. 

Writings. — A few Sermons preached on special oc- 
casions, Episcopal Addresses, Pastoral Letters, &c. A 
Memoir of Bishop Meade, Baltimore, 1867. 



No. 40 
THE RIGHT REVEREND 

MANTON EASTBURN, S.T.D., LL.D. 

The third Bishop of Massachusetts, was born in Leeds, 
England, on the 9th day of February, a.d. 1801. 

He came to the United States with his father, and 
in his thirteenth year entered Columbia College, New 
York, where he graduated, a.d. 1817. He also grad- 
uated at The General Theological Seminary, New 
York, a.d. 1821. 

Ordered Deacon in S. John's Chapel, New York, on 
the 16th day of May, a.d. 1822, by The Eight Rev. 
John Henry Hobart, D.D. 

Ordained Priest in Christ Church, New York, on 
the 13th day of November, a.d. 1825, by the same Pre- 
late. 

For five years he was the Assistant Minister at 
Christ Church, New York. In 1827 he became the 
Rector of The Church of The Ascension, in the same 
city, where he remained until his elevation to the Epis- 
copate. 

In 1838 he was elected to the Episcopate of Mary- 
land, which he declined. 

Consecrated Bishop-Coadjutor to Bishop Griswold 
in Trinity Church, Boston, on the 29th day of Decern- 



M ANTON EASTBURN. 137 

ber, a.d. 1842, by The Eight Rev. Alexander Yiets 
Griswold, S.T.D., assisted by The Right Rev. Thomas 
Church Brownell, S.T.D., The Right Rev. Benjamin 
Tredwell Onderdonk, S.T.D., and The Right Rev. 
William Heathcote De Lancey, S.T.D. 

Upon the death of Bishop Griswold, he became the 
Bishop of Massachusetts. • 

He received the Degree of Doctor of Sacred The- 
ology from Columbia College, New York, a.d. 1835, 
and that of Doctor of Laws from Griswold College, 
Iowa, a.d. 1870. 

Writings. — 1. Four Lectures on Hebrew, Latin and 
English Poetry, a.d. 1825. 2. A portion of a volume 
of Essays and Dissertations on Biblical Literature, 
1829. 3. Lectures on the Philippians, 1 vol. 8vo., 
1833. 4. Oration at the semi-centennial of Columbia 
College, 1837. 5. Sermons, Charges, and Addresses. 
6. Lectures before various Literary Societies. 7. 
Edited Thornton's Family Prayers. 8. Sermon on 
the death of Daniel Webster. 

Bishop Eastburn died in Boston on the 12th day of 
September, a.d. 1872, and was buried at Dedham, Mas- 
sachusetts. 



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• 
THE RIGHT REVEREND 



JOHN PRENTISS KEWLEY HENSHAW, D.D. 

The first Bishop of Rhode Island, was horn in Middle- 
town, Connecticut, on the 13th day of June, a.d. 1792. 

He graduated at Middlehury College, Vermont, a.d. 
1808, after which he spent one year in study at Har- 
vard College, Cambridge, Massachusetts. 

Ordered Deacon in S. Michael's Church, Bristol, 
Rhode Island, on the 13th day of June, a.d. 1813, by 
The Right Rev. Alexander Viets Griswold, S.T.D. 

Ordained Priest in S. Ann's Church, Brooklyn, 
Long Island, on the 13th day of June, a.d. 1816, by 
The Right Rev. John Henry Hobart, D.D. 

He served as a Deacon in S. Ann's Church, Brook- 
lyn, and upon his Ordination to the Priesthood re- 
moved to Maryland, where he became the Rector of S. 
Peter's Church, Baltimore, which position he held for 
seventeen years. 

He was a Deputy from the Diocese of Maryland to 
the General Convention from 1819 to 1843, inclusive, 
and for several years one of the Vice-Presidents of 
The Theological Seminary of Virginia. 

Consecrated Bishop of Rhode Island in S. John's 
Church, Providence, on the 11th day of August, a.d. 

138 



JOHN PRENTISS KEWLEY HENSHA W. 139 

1843, by The Right Rev. Thomas Church Brown ell, 
S.T.D., assisted by The Right Rev. Benjamin T. 
Onderdonk, D.D., The Right Rev. John Henry Hop- 
kins, D.D., The Right Rev. George W. Doane, D.D., 
The Right Rev. William Rollinson Whittingham, D.D., 
and The Right Rev. John Johns, D.D. 

He received the Degree of Doctor in Divinity from 
Middlebury College, Vermont, a.d. 1843. 

Upon his removal to Rhode Island he became the 
Rector of Grace Church, which position he occupied 
during the rest of his life. 

Bishop Henshaw died near Frederick City, Mary- 
land, on the 20th day of July, a.d. 1852, and was 
buried in Grace Church Cemetery, Providence, Rhode 
Island. 

Wkitings. — 1. A pamphlet on Confirmation. 2. 
Lectures on the Advent of Christ. 3. Theology for 
the People of Baltimore, 1840, 8vo. 

He also compiled a volume of Hymns. 



No. 43. 

THE RIGHT REVEREND 

CARLTON CHASE, D.D. 

The first Bishop of New Hampshire, was born in 
Hopkinton, New Hampshire, on the 20th day of Feb- 
ruary, a.d. 1794. 

He graduated at Dartmouth College, a.d. 1817. 

Ordered Deacon in S. Michael's Church, Bristol, 
Rhode Island, on the 9th day of December, a.d. 1818, 
by The Right Rev. Alexander Viets Griswold, S.T.D. 

Ordained Priest in Trinity Church, Newport, Rhode 
Island, on the 27th day of September, a.d. 1820, by 
the same Prelate. 

He settled at Bellows Falls, Vermont, and became 
the Rector of Immanuel Church, where he remained 
until his elevation to the Episcopate. 

Consecrated Bishop of New Hampshire in Christ 
Church, Philadelphia, on the 20th day of October, 
a.d. 1844, by The Right Rev. Philander Chase, S.T.D., 
assisted by The Right Rev. Thomas Church Browne] 1, 
D.D., LL.D., The Right Rev. Benjamin Tredwell 
Onderdonk, S.T.D. , The Right Rev. Levi Silliman 
Ives, S.T.D., LL.D., and The Right Rev. Benjamin 
Bosworth Smith, S.T.D. 

He received the Degree of Doctor in Divinity from 
The University of Vermont, a.d. 1839. 

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CARLTON CHASE. 141 

Immediately after his Consecration lie removed to 
Claremont, lew Hampshire, and became the Hector 
of Trinity Church, which position he held for several 
years. 

After the suspension of Bishop Onderdonk, and 
before the election of a Provisional Bishop, by invi- 
tation, he performed Episcopal duty in the Diocese of 
New York, making three visitations — 1. From Dec, 
1849, to March, 1850. 2. From Dec. 1st, 1850, to May 
1st, 1871. 3. From Jan. 1st, 1852, till Sept. 20, 1852. 

Bishop Chase died on the 18th day of January, a.d. 
1870, and was buried in a new Cemetery at Claremont, 
New Hampshire, which he had interested himself in 
locating and laying out. 

Weitings. — He published nothing but his Conven- 
tion Addresses, some single Sermons, and a few news- 
paper Articles. He left in Mss. a volume of various 
articles, varying in length from a few lines to several 
pages; one small volume of Explanations of the 
Prayer Book ; and some sixty or seventy Sermons, 
none of which have yet been published. All other 
Mss. he directed in his will should be destroyed. In 
Thompson's " Gazetteer of Vermont" there is an 
article of considerable length on the History of the 
Church in Vermont, which was written by him. 



INo. 43. 

THE RIGHT REVEREND 

NICHOLAS HAMNER COBBS, S.T.D. 

The first Bishop of Alabama, was born in Bedford 
County, Virginia, on the 5th day of February, a.d. 
1796. 

His education was privately conducted, and he be- 
came a teacher, which occupation he coupled with his 
pastoral work for several years. 

Ordered Deacon in Trinity Church, Staunton, Vir- 
ginia, on the 23d day of May, a.d. 1824, by The Right 
Rev. Richard Channing Moore, D.D. 

Ordained Priest in The Monumental Church, Rich- 
mond, on the 22d day of May, a.d. 1825, by the same 
Prelate. 

He was engaged in pastoral work in his native 
county fifteen years. In 1839 he removed to Peters- 
burg, Virginia, and became the Rector of S. Paul's 
Church. In 1843 he removed to Ohio, and became the 
Rector of S. Paul's Church, Cincinnati, and in May, 
1844, he was elected to the Episcopate of Alabama. 

In 1828 he was elected a Deputy from the Diocese 
of Virginia to the General Convention, and was re- 
elected to every succeeding Convention during his 
residence in that Diocese. 
142 



NICHOLAS HAMNER COBBS. 143 

He received the Degree of Doctor of Sacred The- 
ology from Geneva (now Hobart) College, a.d. 1842. 

Consecrated Bishop of Alabama in Christ Church, 
Philadelphia, on the 20th day of October, a.d. 1844, 
by The Eight Rev. Philander Chase, 8.T.D., assisted 
by The Right Rev. "William Meade, D.D., The Right 
Rev. Charles Pettit Mcllvaine, S.T.D., The Right Rev. 
George Washington Doane, S.T.D., and The Right 
Rev. James Hervey Otey, S.T.D. 

Bishop Cobbs died on the 11th day of January, a.d. 
1861, and was buried in the public Cemetery at Mont- 
gomery, Alabama. An appropriate monument was 
erected by the Diocese, and a Tablet placed in S. 
John's Church, Montgomery, of which he was Rector 
during several years of his Episcopate. 

A still further tribute to his memory is the Church 
Home for Orphans in Montgomery, which bears the 
title of " The Bishop Cobbs' Home for Orphans." 

Writings. — He published nothing but a few Ad- 
dresses and Sermons. One Sermon, " The Doubting 
Christian Encouraged," went through several editions. 



No. 44. 

THE RIGHT REVEREND 

CICERO STEPHENS HAWKS. 

The first Bishop of Missouri, was born in Newbern, 
North Carolina, on the 26th day of May, a.d. 1812. 

He graduated at The University of North Carolina, 
Chapel Hill, a.d. 1830. 

Ordered Deacon in S. Thomas' Church, New York, 
on the 8th day of December, a.d. 1834, by The Eight 
Rev. Benjamin Tredwell Onderdonk, S.T.D. 

Ordained Deacon in Trinity Church, Ulster, Ulster 
County, New York, on the 24th day of July, a.d. 1836, 
by the same Prelate. 

He spent his Diaconate in charge of Trinity Church, 
Ulster, and upon his Ordination to the Priesthood he 
removed to Saugerties, and became the Rector of Trinity 
Church. In 1837 he became the Rector of Trinity 
Church, Buffalo, New York. In 1843 he removed to 
Missouri, and became the Rector of Christ Church, St. 
Louis, where he remained until his elevation to the 
Episcopate. 

Consecrated Bishop of Missouri in Christ Church, 
Philadelphia, on the 20th day of October, a.d. 1844, 
by The Right Rev. Philander Chase, S.T.D., LL.D., 
assisted by The Right Rev. Jackson Kemper, S.T.D. , 

144 



CICERO STEPHENS HAWKS. 145 

The Eight Eev. Samuel Allen McCoskry, D.D., The 
Right Rev. Leonidas Polk, S.T.D., and The Right Rev. 
William Heathcote De Lancey, S.T.D. 

Bishop Hawks died in St. Louis on the 19th day of 
April, a.d. 1868, and was buried in Bellefontaine Ceme- 
tery, Woodland Hill, St. Louis. 



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No. 45. 
THE RIGHT REVEREND 

WILLIAM JONES BOONE, D.D. 

The first Missionary Bishop to China, was born in 
Walterborough, South Carolina, on the 1st day of 
July, a.d. 1811. 

He graduated at The College of South Carolina, a.d. 
1829. 

He studied Law, and was admitted to the Bar, a.d. 
1833, but he abandoned the Profession, and proceeded 
to The Theological Seminary of Virginia, where he 
graduated ; but, before his Ordination, with a view of 
being the better qualified for his future work, he took 
up the study of Medicine and received the Degree of 
M.D. 

Ordered Deacon in S. Peter's Church, Charleston, 
South Carolina, on the 18th day of September, a.d. 
1836, by The Eight Eev. Nathaniel Bowen, D.D. 

Ordained Priest in S. Michael's Church, Charleston, 
on the 3d day of March, a.d. 1837, by the same Prelate. 

He was appointed Missionary to China, and sailed 
from New York on the 8th day of July, a.d. 1837. 

In 1844 he was elected by both Houses of the Gen- 
eral Convention Missionary Bishop. 

Consecrated Missionary Bishop to China in S. Peter's 

146 



WILLIAM JONES BOONE. 147 

Church, Philadelphia, on the 26th day of October, a.d. 
1844, by The Right Rev. Philander Chase, S.T.D., 
LL.D., assisted by The Right Rev. George Washing- 
ton Doane, S.T.D., The Right Rev. James Hervey 
Otey, S.T.D., and The Right Rev. John Prentiss Kew- 
ley Henshaw, D.D. 

He sailed again from New York on the 14th day of 
December, a.d. 1844, and for twenty years he minis- 
tered in that distant field. 

Bishop Boone died at Shanghai, in China, on the 17th 
day of July, a.d. 1864. 

Writings. — His published writings were mainly 
connected with the discussions growing out of the 
translation of The Holy Scriptures into the Chinese 
Language. 



No. 40. 
THE RIGHT REVEREND 

GEORGE WASHINGTON FREEMAN, D.D. 

Missionary Bishop of Arkansas and The Indian Ter- 
ritory south of 36J- degrees, with supervision of The 
Church in Texas, was born in Sandwich, Massachusetts, 
on the 13th day of June, a.d. 1789. 

Ordered Deacon in Christ Church, Raleigh, North 
Carolina, on the 8th day of October, a.d. 1826, by The 
Right Rev. John Stark Ravenscroft, D.D. 

Ordained Priest in Christ Church, Newbern, North 
Carolina, on the 20th day of May, a.d. 1827, by the 
same Prelate. 

For two years he was a Missionary under the direc- 
tion of the Bishop of North Carolina, 

In 1829 he became Rector of Christ Church, Raleigh, 
where he remained until 1840, when he removed to 
Columbia, Tennessee, where he officiated about one 
year, when he removed to Swedesborough, New 
Jersey. He remained there nearly six months, when 
he removed to New-Castle, Delaware, where he became 
the Rector of Immanuel Church. 

Consecrated Missionary Bishop of Arkansas and 
The Indian Territory in S. Peter's Church, Philadel- 
phia, on the 26th day of October, a.d. 1844, by The 
148 



GEORGE WASHINGTON FREEMAN. 149 

Eight Eev. Philander Chase, S.T.D., assisted by 
The Eight Eev. Jackson Kemper, D.D., The Eight 
Eev. George "Washington Doane, S.T.D., The Eight 
Eev. James Hervey Otey, S.T.D., The Eight Eev. 
J. P. K Henshaw, D.D., The Eight Eev. Leoni- 
das Polk, S.T.D., The Eight Eev. Alfred Lee, S.T.D., 
The Eight Eev. "W. E. Whittingham, S.T.D., The 
Eight Eev. Stephen Elliott, D.D., and The Eight Eev. 
John Johns, S.T.D. 

He received the degree of Doctor in Divinity from 
The University of North Carolina, a.d. 1839. 

Bishop Freeman died at Little Eock, Arkansas, on 
the 29th day of April, a.d. 1858. 



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IN"o. 47. 
THE RIGHT REVEREND 

HORATIO SOUTHGATE, S.T.D. 

Missionary Bishop in the Dominions and Dependencies 
of the Sultan of Turkey, was born in Portland, Maine, 
on the 5th day of July, a.d. 1812. 

He graduated at Bowdoin College, Brunswick, Maine, 
a.d. 1832, and entered the Theological Seminary of the 
Congregationalists at Andover, Massachusetts. During 
his study of Church History he was led to examine the 
claims of the Church, and, having accepted them, 
applied to Bishop Griswold for Holy Orders, and was 
Confirmed by him in S. Peter's Church, Salem, Massa- 
chusetts, on the 26th day of October, a.d. 1834. 

Ordered Deacon in Trinity Church, Boston, on the 
12th day of July, a.d. 1835, by The Eight Rev. Alex- 
ander Viets Griswold, S.T.D. 

He was shortly afterwards appointed by the Com- 
mittee of Foreign Missions to investigate the state of 
Mohammedanism in Turkey and Persia. He accord- 
ingly sailed from New York on the 24th day of April, 
a.d. 1836, and continued his investigation until the 
Autumn of 1838. 

Ordained Priest in S. Paul's Chapel, New York, on 
the 3d day of October, a.d. 1839, by The Eight Eev 
Benjamin Tredwell Onderdonk, S.T.D. 
150 



HORATIO SOUTH GATE. 151 

In May, a.d. 1840, he sailed from New York as Mis- 
sionary to Constantinople, under the appointment of 
the Committee of Foreign Missions. This position 
he held fonr years, during which time he made a tour 
through Mesopotamia. 

Consecrated Bishop for The Dominions and Depend- 
encies of The Sultan of Turkey in S. Peter's Church, 
Philadelphia, on the 26th day of October, a.d. 1844, 
by The Right Rev. Philander Chase, S.T.D., LL.D., 
assisted by The Right Rev. ¥m. Rollinson Whitting- 
ham, S.T.D., The Right Rev. Stephen Elliott, Jr., D.D., 
The Right Rev. John Johns, S.T.D., The Right Rev. 
John Prentiss Kewley Henshaw, D.D. 

In the summer of the next year (1845) he returned 
to Constantinople, where he remained until 1849, when 
he returned to the United States and offered his resig- 
nation, which was accepted by The House of Bishops, 
in October, a.d. 1850. 

In the spring of 1851 he went to Portland, Maine, 
where he organized S. Luke's Parish, which has since 
become the Cathedral Church of the Diocese. 

In 1852 he became the Rector of The Church of The 
Advent, Boston, where he remained a little more than 
six years. 

In the autumn of 1859 he became the Rector of Zion 
Church, New York, which position he resigned Sept. 
1, 1872. 

He received the Degree of Doctor of Sacred The- 
ology from Columbia College, New York, a.d. 1845, 
and from Trinity College, Hartford, Connecticut, a.d. 
1846. 

"Writings. — 1. A Tour through Armenia, Kurdistan, 



152 HORATIO SOUTHGATE. 

and Mesopotamia, 2 vols. 12mo. 2. A Visit to the 
Syrian Church of Mesopotamia, 1 vol. 12mo., 1844. 
3. A treatise on the Antiquity, Doctrine, Ministry 
and Worship of the Anglican Church, 1 vol. 12mo., 
published in Greek, at Constantinople, a.b. 1849. 4. 
Practical Directions for the Observance of Lent, 32mo., 
1850. 5. The "War in the East, 1 vol. 18mo., 1855. 6. 
Parochial Sermons, 1 vol. 12mo., 1860. 7. The Cross 
above the Crescent, 1 vol. 12mo., 1877. Also several 
occasional Sermons, Pamphlets, and Articles in various 
Eeviews. 



IN"o. 48. 
THE RIGHT REVEREND 

ALONZO POTTER, D.D., LL.D. 

The third Bishop of Pennsylvania, was born in Beek- 
man, (now Lagrange,) Dutchess County, New York, 
on the 6th day of July, a.d. 1800. 

He graduated at Union College, Schenectady, New 
York, a.d. 1818, and in the following year he became 
a Tutor in the same College. In 1821 he was made 
Professor of Mathematics and Natural Philosophy. 

Ordered Deacon on the 1st day of May, a.d. 1822, 
by The Eight Rev. John Henry Hobart, D.D. 

Ordained Priest in S. Paul's Church, Sharon, Con- 
necticut, on the 16th day of September, a.d. 1824, by 
The Right Rev. Thomas Church Brownell, S.T.D., 
acting for the Bishop of New York. 

In 1826 he became the Rector of S. Paul's Church, 
Boston, which position he held for five years. In 1831 
he was elected Professor of Moral Philosophy in Union 
College, and returned to Schenectady, where he re- 
mained until his elevation to the Episcopate. 

He received the Degree of Doctor in Divinity from 
Kenyon College, Gambier, Ohio, a.d. 1834, and from 
Harvard College, Cambridge, Massachusetts, a.d. 1843, 
and that of Doctor of Laws from Union College, a.d. 
1846. 

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154 ALONZO POTTER. 

Consecrated Bishop of Pennsylvania in Christ 
Church, Philadelphia, on the 23d day of September, 
a.d. 1845, by The Eight Eev. Philander Chase, S.T.D., 
LLJ)., assisted by The Eight Eev. Thomas Church 
Brownell, D.D., The Eight Eev. John Henry Hop- 
kins, D.D., The Eight Eev. George Washington Doane, 
S.T.D.,The Eight Eev. Samuel Allen McCoskry, D.D., 
The Eight Eev. Wm. Eollinson Whittingham, S.T.D., 
The Eight Eev. Alfred Lee, S.T.D., and the Eight Eev. 
George W. Freeman, D.D. 

Bishop Potter died on ship-board, in the harbor of 
San Francisco, California, on the 4th day of July, a.d. 
1865. He was buried in Laurel Hill Cemetery, Phila- 
delphia. 

Writings. — 1. Political Economy. 2. Potter's Hand- 
Book for Eeaders. 3. The Principles of Science ap- 
plied to the Arts. 4. The School and the School-master. 
(In connection with Geo. B. Emerson.) 5. The Three 
"Witnesses. — A volume of Lowell Lectures published 
after his death. — 6. Sermons, Addresses, Charges, 
Pastoral Letters, &c. He also edited " The Memorial 
Papers," and a volume of Sermons on " The Evidences 
of Christianity." 



No. 49. 
THE RIGHT REVEREND 

GEORGE BURGESS, S.T.D. 

The first Bishop of Maine, was born in Providence, 
Rhode Island, on the 31st day of October, a.d. 1809. 

He graduated at Brown University, Providence, a.d. 
1826. 

After a brief Tutorship in that University, he went 
abroad, and studied for two years in the Universities 
of Bonn, Gottingen, and Berlin. 

Ordered Deacon in Grace Church, Providence, on 
the 10th clay of June, a.d. 1834, by The Right Rev. 
Alexander Yiets Griswold, S.T.D. 

Ordained Priest in Christ Church, Hartford, Con- 
necticut on the 2d day of November, a.d. 1834, by 
The Right Rev. Thomas Church Brownell, S.T.D. 

Immediately upon his ordination to the Priesthood 
he became the Rector of Christ Church, Hartford, 
where he remained until his elevation to the Episco- 
pate. 

Consecrated Bishop of Maine in Christ Church, 
Hartford, Connecticut, on the 31st day of October, 
a.d. 1847, by The Right Rev. Philander Chase, S.T.D., 
LL.D., assisted by The Right Rev. Thomas Church 
Brownell, S.T.D., The Right Rev. Manton Eastburn, 

155 



156 GEORGE BURGESS. 

S.T.D., The Eight Rev. John Prentiss Kewley Hen- 
shaw, D.J)., and The Right Rev. Carlton Chase, D.D. 

He received the Degree of Doctor of Sacred The- 
ology from Brown University, and that of Doctor in 
Divinity from Union College, Schenectady, B"ew York, 
a.d. 1847. 

Upon his removal to Maine, he settled at Gardiner, 
and became the Rector of Christ Chnrch, which posi- 
tion he held during the rest of his life. 

Bishop Burgess died at sea, near Haiti, on the 23d 
day of April, a.d. 1866, and was buried at Gardiner, 
Maine. 

Writings. — 1. Several occasional Sermons. 2. Two 
Academic Poems. 3. The Book of Psalms in English 
Verse. 4. Pages from the Ecclesiastical History of 
New England. 5. The last Enemy Conquering, and 
Conquered. 6. Sermons on the Christian Life. 



No. SO. 

THE RIGHT REVEREND 

GEORGE UPFOLD, S.T.D., LL.D. 

The first Bishop of Indiana, was born in Shemley 
Green, near Guilford, Surrey, England, on the 7th day 
of May, a.d. 1796. When he was eight years of age, 
his father brought him to the United States, and settled 
in Albany, New York. 

He graduated at Union College, Schenectady, New 
York, a.d. 1814, and at the College of Physicians and 
Surgeons in New York City he received his degree of 
M.D. in 1816. In 1817 he took up the study of The- 
ology, under the direction of Bishop Hobart. 

Ordered Deacon in Trinity Church, New York, on 
the 21st day of October, a.d. 1818, by The Right Eev. 
John Henry Hobart, D.D. 

Ordained Priest in Trinity Church, Lansingburg, 
New York, on the 13th day of July, a.d. 1820, by the 
same Prelate. 

He remained at Lansingburg about two years, when 
he removed to New York City and became the Eector 
of S. Luke's Church, which position he held eight 
years, when he became the Eector of S. Thomas' 
Church in the same city. In 1831 he removed to 
Pennsylvania, and became the Eector of Trinity 

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158 GEORGE UPEOLD. 

Church, Pittsburg, which position he occupied until 
his elevation to the Episcopate. 

Consecrated Bishop of Indiana in Christ Church, 
Indianapolis, on the 16th day of December, a.d. 1849, 
by The Right Rev. Benjamin Bosworth Smith, S.T.D., 
assisted by The Right Rev. Charles Pettit Mcllvaine, 
S.T.D., The Right Rev. Jackson Kemper, S.T.D., and 
The Right Rev. Cicero Stephen Hawks, D.D. 

He received the Degree of Doctor of Sacred The- 
ology from Columbia College, New York, a.d. 1831, and 
that of Doctor of Laws from The Western University 
of Pennsylvania, a.d. 1856. 

Bishop ITpfold died at Indianapolis on the 26th day 
of August, a.d. 1872, and was buried in the public 
Cemetery. 

Writings. — 1. " The Last Hundred Years," a Lec- 
ture, 1845. 2. Manual of Devotions for Domestic and 
Private Use, 1863. 3. Sermons, Pastoral Letters, and 
Addresses to his Convention. 



JVo. 5±. 
THE RIGHT REVEREND 

WILLIAM MERCER GREEN, D.D. 

The first Bishop of Mississippi, was born in Wilming- 
ton, North Carolina, on the 2d day of May, a.d. 1798. 

He graduated at The University of North Carolina, 
Chapel Hill, a.d. 1818. 

Ordered Deacon in Christ Church, Raleigh, North 
Carolina, on the 29th day of April, a.d. 1821, by The 
Right. Rev. Richard Channing Moore, D.D. 

Ordained Priest in S. James' Church, Wilmington, 
North Carolina, on the 20th day of April, a.d. 1823, by 
the same Prelate. 

He was Rector of S. John's Church, Williamsboro', 
North Carolina, four years. He then removed to Hills- 
boro', and became the Rector of S. Matthew's Church, 
where he remained until 1837, when he was made Pro- 
fessor of Belles-Lettres and Rhetoric in the Univer- 
sity of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, which position he 
occupied until his elevation to the Episcopate. 

He received the Degree of Doctor in Divinity from' 
The University of Pennsylvania, a.d. 1845. 

Consecrated Bishop of Mississippi in S. Andrew's 
Church, Jackson, Mississippi, on the 24th day of Feb- 
ruary, a.d. 1850, by The Right Rev. James Hervey 

159 



160 WILLIAM MERCER GREEN. 

Otey, S.T.D., assisted by The Bight Rev. Leonidas 
Polk, S.T.D., The Right Rev. Nicholas Hanmer Cobbs, 
D.D., and The Right Rev. George Washington Free- 
man, D.D. 

"Writings. — A Memoir of Bishop Ravenscroffc, and a 
few single Sermons. 

Bishop Green died at Sewanee, Tennessee, Feb. 13th, 
a.d. 1887, and was buried there. 



No. 5£J. 
THE RIGHT REVEREND 

JOHN PAYNE, D.D. 

The first Missionary Bishop sent to Africa from the 
American Church, was born in Westmoreland County, 
Virginia, on the 9th day of January, a.d. 1815. 

He graduated at The College of "William and Mary, 
Williamsburg, Virginia, a.d. 1833, and at The Theo- 
logical Seminary of Virginia, Alexandria, a.d. 1836. 

Ordered Deacon in Christ Church, Alexandria, Vir- 
ginia, on the 17th day of July, a.d. 1836, by The Right 
Rev. Richard Channing Moore, D.D. 

He sailed at once for Africa, where he was engaged 
in Missionary work for nearly five years, when he re- 
turned for Ordination to the Priesthood, as well as for 
rest and recuperation of his health, which had been 
undermined by the -influence of the climate. 

Ordained Priest in S. George's Church, Fredericks- 
burg, Virginia, on the 18th day of July, a.d. 1841, by 
The Right Rev. Richard Channing Moore, D.D. 

He received the Degree of Doctor in Divinity from 
The College of William and Mary, a.d. 1851. 

Consecrated as Bishop of Cape Palmas, and parts 
adjacent in Western Africa, in Christ Church, Alex- 
andria, Virginia, on the 11th day of July a.d. 1851, by 

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162 JOHN PAYNE. 

The Right Rev. William Meade, D.D., assisted by The 
Right Rev. Manton Eastburn, S.T.D., The Right Rev. 
Alfred Lee, S.T.D., and The Right Rev. John Johns, 
S.T.D. 

In 1871 he returned to the United States in shat- 
tered health, and sent his resignation to the House of 
Bishops, which was accepted in October of that year. 

Bishop Payne died at his home " Cavalla," in West- 
moreland County, Virginia, on the 23d day of October, 
a.d. 1874. 



No. 53. 

THE RIGHT REVEREND 

FRANCIS HUGER RUTLEDGE, S.T.D. 

The first Bishop of Florida, was born in Charleston, 
South Carolina, April 11th, a.d. 1799. 

He graduated at Yale College, New Haven, Con- 
necticut, a.d. 1820, and at The General Theological 
Seminary, a.d. 1823. 

Ordered Deacon in the Parish Church of Prince 
George, Winyaw, South Carolina, on the 4th day of 
May, a.d. 1823, by The Eight Rev. Nathaniel Bowen, 
D.D. 

Ordained Priest in S. Paul's Church, RadclifTe, South 
Carolina, on the 20th day of November, a.d. 1825, by 
the same Prelate. 

He officiated in Christ Church Parish for nearly 
four years. In 1827 he became the Hector of Grace 
Church, Sullivan's Island, with charge of S. Thomas' 
and S. Dennis', where he remained until 1839, when 
he removed to Florida and became the Rector of 
Trinity Church, St. Augustine. 

In 1845 he removed to Tallahassee and became the 
Rector of S. John's Church, where he remained until 
his elevation to the Episcopate. 

He received the Degree of Doctor of Sacred The- 

1G3 



1(J4 FRANCIS HUGER RUTLEDGE. 

ology from Hobart College, Geneva, New York, a. v. 
1844. 

Consecrated Bishop of Florida in S. Paul's Church, 
Augusta, Georgia, on the 15th day of October, a.d. 
1851, by The Right Rev. Christopher Edwards Gads- 
den, D.D., assisted by The Right Rev. Stephen Elliott, 
Jr., S.T.D., and the Right Rev. Nicholas Hamner 
Cobbs, D.D. 

Bishop Rutledge died on the 6th day of November, 
a.d. 1866, and was buried in the churchyard of 
Claremont Parish, Stateburg, South Carolina. On 
the Monument his birthday is given "April 11th, 
1800." Undoubtedly, this is an error, as will be 
seen in the following: — 

In an old Almanac for the year 1799, interleaved 
and used for a private Diary by the Rev. Thomas 
Frost, at that time Rector of S. Philip's Church, 
Charleston, there stands this item :— " Francis Huger, 
son of Hugh and Mary Golightly Rutledge, was bap- 
tized on June 12th, 1799." This Almanac is now 
(1878) among the archives of S. Philip's Church. 



No. 54. 
THE RIGHT REVEREND 

JOHN WILLIAMS, 

The fourth Bishop of Connecticut, was born in Deer- 
field, Massachusetts, on the 30th day of August, a.d. 
1817. 

He graduated at Trinity College, Hartford, Con- 
necticut, a.d. 1835, of which College he became Tutor, 
Professor, President, and Chancellor. 

Ordered Deacon in Christ Church, (now Holy 
Trinity,) Middletown, Connecticut, on the 2d day of 
September, a.d. 1838, by The Right Rev. Thomas 
Church Brownell, S.T.D. 

Ordained Priest in the same Church on the 26th day 
of September, a.d. 1841, by the same Prelate. 

He was the Assistant Minister in Christ Church, 
Middletown, for one year, when he removed to Schen- 
ectady, E"ew York, and became the Rector of S. 
George's Church. 

In 1848 he became the President of Trinity College, 
which position he held until 1853. 

He received the Degree of Doctor in Divinity from 
Union College, Schenectady, a.d. 1847, Doctor of 
Sacred Theology from Trinity College, Hartford, a.d. 
1849, Columbia College, New York, a.d. 1852, and 
from Yale College, a.d. 1883. 

165 



IQQ JOHN WILLIAMS. 

The Degree of Doctor of Laws was conferred upon 
him by Hobart College, Geneva, New York, a.d. 1870. 

Consecrated Assistant Bishop of Connecticut in S. 
John's Church, Hartford, Connecticut, on the 29th day 
of October, a.d. 1851, by The Right. Rev. Thomas 
Church Brownell, S.T.D., LL.D., assisted by The Right 
Rev. John Henry Hopkins, D.D., LL.D., The Right 
Rev. Manton Eastburn, S.T.D., The Right Rev. John 
P. K Henshaw, D.D., The Right Rev. Carlton Chase, 
D.D., The Right Rev. George Burgess, S.T.D., and 
The Right Rev. William Heathcote De Lancey, S.T.D. 

Bishop Williams became the Bishop of Connecticut 
upon the death of Bishop Brownell, a.d. 1865. 

He was the Founder of The Berkeley Divinity 
School at Middletown, and its hrst President. 

Writings. — A large number of Sermons, Review 
Articles, Addresses, and one Charge. A Translation 
of Ancient Hymns, Thoughts on The Miracles, Studies 
on the English Reformation, being the Bishop Paddock 
Lectures for 1881; and The World's Witness to Jesus 
Christ, the Bedell Lecture for 1881. Messrs. Stanford 
and Swords, of New York, published, (a.d. 1819,) in 
two volumes, " A tale of and for England," entitled 
" Hawkstone," of which Bishop Williams wrote the 
Preface. He also edited an Edition of Bishop 
Browne's Work on the XXXIX. Articles, with copious 
Notes. 

Upon the death of Bishop Lee, in 1887, Bishop 
Williams became the Presiding Bishop. 



No. 55. 



THE RIGHT REVEREND 



IIENKY JOHN WHITEHOUSE, LL.D., D.D. Oxon. 

The second Bishop of Illinois, was born in the City 
of New York on the 19th day of August, a.d. 1803. 

He graduated at Columbia College, New York, a.d. 
1821, and at The General Theological Seminary, New 
York, a.d. 1824. 

Ordered Deacon in Grace Church, New York, on 
the 10th day of October, a.d. 1824, by The Right Eev. 
John Croes, S.T.D., acting for the Bishop of New 
York. 

Ordained Priest in Christ Church, Philadelphia, on 
the 26th day of August, a.d. 1827, by The Right Rev. 
William White, D.D. 

In 1827 he became the Rector of Christ Church, 
Reading, Pennsylvania, from whence he removed to 
Rochester, New York, and became the Rector of S. 
Luke's Church, where he remained for fifteen years. 
In 1844 he removed to the City of New York, and be- 
came the Rector of S. Thomas' Church, where he 
remained until his elevation to the Episcopate. 

Consecrated Assistant Bishop of Illinois in S. 
George's Church, New York, on the 20th day of 
November, a.d. 1851, by The Right Rev. Thomas 
Church Brownell, S:T.D., LL.D., assisted by The 

167 



168 HENRY JOHN WHITEHOUSE. 

Right Rev. Alfred Lee, S.T.D., The Right Rev. Man- 
ton Eastburn, S.T.D., The Right Rev. Cicero Stephens 
Hawks, S.T.D., The Right Rev. Alonzo Potter, S.T.D., 
The Right Rev. George Burgess, S.T.D., and The 
Right Rev. John "Williams, S.T.D. 

Upon the death of The Right Rev. Philander Chase, 
S.T.D. , LL.D., he became the Bishop of Illinois. 

He received the Degree of Doctor of Sacred The- 
ology from Geneva (now Hobart) College, a.d. 1834, 
Doctor of Laws from Columbia College, !New York, 
a.d. 1865, Doctor in Divinity from The University 
of Oxford, England, a.d., 1866, and Doctor of Laws 
from The University of Cambridge, England, a.d. 
1867. 

Bishop Whitehouse died on the 10th day of August, 
a.d. 1874, and was buried in the family vault, Green- 
wood Cemetery, Long Island. 

Writings. — 1. Occasional Sermons, Addresses, Ora- 
tions and Essays. 2. Convention Addresses from 1852 
to 1873, inclusive. In all, 960 pages. 3. Pastoral 
Letters. 4. The Sermon before The Pan-Anglican 
Council in the Chapel of Lambeth Palace, a.d. 1867. 
5. Sermon at the Consecration of Bishop Pierce. 

The amount of Mss. writings he left is enormous. 
Hundreds of Sermons, many volumes of Eotes, Lec- 
tures, &c. ; several large books filled with annals of 
his various travels in Europe. He was familiar with 
Hebrew, Greek, Latin, French, Italian, and to some 
extent, with German. 

He studied Law and Medicine in the books, though 
not in the schools. 



:NTo. 56. 
THE RIGHT REVEREND 

JONATHAN MAYHEW WAINWKIGHT, D.D., D.C.L. 

Provisional Bishop of New York, was born in Liver- 
pool, England, on the 24th day of February, a.d. 1792. 

He graduated at Harvard College, Cambridge, Massa- 
chusetts, a.d. 1812. 

Ordered Deacon in Trinity Church, Boston, on the 
13th day of April, a.d. 1817, by The Right Rev. Alex- 
ander Yiets Griswold, S.T.D. 

Ordained Priest in Christ Church, Hartford, Con- 
necticut, on the 29th day of May, a.d. 1818, by The 
Right Rev. John Henry Hobart, D.D. 

His first pastoral work was at Christ Church, Hart- 
ford, Connecticut. In November, 1819, he removed 
to New York, and became an Assistant Minister in 
Trinity Church. In 1821 he became the Rector of 
Grace Church, New York, where he remained until 
1834, when he became the Rector of Trinity Church, 
Boston. Two years afterwards he returned to New 
York, and became again an Assistant Minister in 
Trinity Parish, with charge of S. John's Chapel, where 
he remained until his elevation to the Episcopate. 

He received the Degree of Doctor in Divinity from 
Union College, Schenectady, New York, a.d. 1823, 
and from Harvard College, a.d. 1835. 

h 15 169 



170 JONATHAN MAYHEW WAIN WRIGHT. 

The Degree of Doctor of Civil Law was conferred upon 
him by The University of Oxford, England, a.d. 1852. 
Consecrated Provisional Bishop of New York in 
Trinity Church, New York, on the 10th day of No- 
vember, a.d. 1852, by The Right Rev. Thomas Church 
Brownell, S.T.D., LL.D., assisted by The Right Rev. 
George "Washington Doane, S.T.D., LL.D., The Right 
Rev. Jackson Kemper, S.T.D., The Right Rev. Wil- 
liam Heathcote De Lancey, S.T.D., The Right Rev. 
William Rollinson Whittingham, S.T.D., The Right 
Rev. Carlton Chase, D.D., The Right Rev. Alonzo 
Potter, D.D., The Right Rev. George Upfold, S.T.D., 
and The Right Rev. John Williams, S.T.D., together 
with the Right Rev. Francis Fulford, D.D., Bishop of 
Montreal, and Metropolitan. 

Bishop Wainwright died in New York on the 21st 
day of September, a.d. 1854, and was buried in Trinity 
Cemetery. 

Writings. — 1. Four Sermons on Religious Educa- 
tion and Filial Duty, 12mo., 1829. 2. Lessons on the 
Church. 3. Order of Family Prayer, 12mo., 1845. 
4. Short Family Prayers, 12mo., 1850. 5. The Path- 
ways and Abiding Places of our Lord, 4to., 1851. 6. 
The Land of Bondage ; its Ancient Monuments and 
Present Condition, 4to., 1852. 

Bishop Wainwright edited a " Book of Chants" 
adapted to the Morning and Evening Service of The 
Church, a.d. 1819, and " Music of the Church," 1828. 
In 1851, with Dr. W. A. Muhlenburg, he edited " The 
Choir, and Family Psalter." He also edited Bishop 
Ravenscroft's Memoir and Sermons, and the Life of 
Bishop Heber. He published a number of occasional 



JONATHAN MAYHEW WAIN WRIGHT. 171 

Sermons, Articles in Reviews and some Controversial 
Papers. After his death, a volume of Sermons — thirty- 
four in number — was published, in memoriam, by his 
widow. 

The Church of S. John the Evangelist, in New 
York City, was consecrated a.d. 1858 as " The Wain- 
wright Memorial.'' 



:No. 57. 

THE RIGHT REVERENl* 

THOMAS FREDERICK DAVIS, S.T.D. 

The fifth Bishop of South Carolina, was born near 
"Wilmington, North Carolina, on the 8th day of Feb- 
ruary, a.d. 1804. 

He graduated at The University of North Carolina, 
Chapel Hill, a.d. 1822. 

Ordered Deacon in S. James' Church, Wilmington, 
North Carolina, on the 27th day of November, a.d. 
1831, by The Right Rev. Levi Silliman Ives, S.T.D. 

Ordained Priest in the Church of S. Bartholomew, 
Pittsboro', Chatham County, North Carolina, on the 
16th day of December, a.d. 1832, by the same Prelate. 

During his Diaconate he officiated in S. Bartholo- 
mew's Church, Pittsboro', and Calvary Church, Wades-' 
boro'. Subsequently he became the Rector of S. 
James' Church, Wilmington, from whence he removed 
to Salisbury, and became the Rector of S. Luke's 
Church. In November, 1846, he removed to South 
Carolina, and became the Rector of Grace Church, 
Camden. 

He received the Degree of Doctor of Sacred The- 
ology from Columbia College, New York, a.d. 1853, 
and that of Doctor in Divinity from The University of 
North Carolina, a.d. 1853. 

172 



THOMAS FREDERICK DAVIS. 173 

Consecrated Bishop of South Carolina in S. John's 
Chapel, New York, on the 17th clay of October, a.d. 
1853, by The Eight Rev. Thomas Church Brownell, 
S.T.D., LL.D., assisted by The Right Rev. John Henry 
Hopkins, D.D., LL.D., The Right Rev. Benjamin 
Bosworth Smith, D.D., The Right Rev. Charles Pettit 
McBvaine, S.T.D., D.C.L., The Right Rev. George 
Washington Doane, S.T.D., LL.D., together with The 
Right Rev. Aubrey George Spencer, D.D., Bishop of 
Jamaica, West Indies, and The Right Rev. John 
Medley, D.D., the Bishop of Fredericton, Nova Scotia. 

Bishop Davis died on the 2d day of December, a.d. 
1871, and was buried in the Cemetery at Camden, 
South Carolina. 



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No. 58. 
THE RIGHT REVEREND 

THOMAS ATKINSON, S.T.D., LL.D. 

The third Bishop of North Carolina, was born in Din- 
widdie County, Virginia, on the 6th day of August, 
a.d. 1807. 

He entered Yale College, but in his Junior year was 
transferred to Hampden Sidney College, Prince Ed- 
ward County, Virginia, where he graduated, a.d. 1825. 

He studied Law, and practised in that Profession for 
nine years, when he abandoned it and entered upon a 
course of Theology. 

Ordered Deacon in Christ Church, Norfolk, Virginia, 
on the 18th day of November, a.d. 1836, by The Right 
Rev. "William Meade, D.D. 

Ordained Priest in S. Paul's Church, Norfolk, on the 
7th day of May, a.d. 1837, by The Right Rev. Richard 
Channing Moore, D.D. 

While in Deacon's Orders he served for a short time 
as Assistant Minister in Christ Church, Norfolk. Dur- 
ing that time he was elected to the Rectorship of S. 
Paul's Church, Norfolk, and upon receiving Priest's 
Orders, he assumed the full duty. Two years later he 
removed to Lynchburg, and became the Rector of S. 
Paul's Church, where he remained nearly five years. 

174 



THOMAS ATKINSON. 175 

In the autumn of 1843 he removed to Maryland, and 
became the Rector of S. Peter's Church, Baltimore. 
In 1852 he became the Rector of Grace Church in the 
same city, where he remained but little more than one 
year, having been elected to the Episcopate. 

He received the Degree of Doctor of Sacred The- 
ology from Trinity College, Hartford, Connecticut, 
a.d. 1846, and that of Doctor of Laws from The Uni- 
versity of North Carolina, a.d. 1862. The Degree of 
Doctor of Laws was also conferred upon him by The 
University of Cambridge, England, a.d. 1867. 

Consecrated Bishop of North Carolina in S. John's 
Chapel, !New York, on the 17th day of October, a.d. 
1853, by The Right Rev. Thomas Church Brownell, 
S.T.D., LL.D., assisted by The Right Rev. Charles 
Pettit Mcllvaine, S.T.D., D.C.L., The Right Rev. 
George Washington Doane, S.T.D., LL.D., and The 
Right Rev. James Hervey Otey, S.T.D., together with 
The Right Rev. George John Trevor Spencer, D.D., 
(some time Bishop of Madras,) and The Right Rev. 
John Medley, D.D., Bishop of Fredericton. 

"Writings. — A number of Sermons preached on 
special occasions. Two Lectures; Two Charges; A 
Charge on Sacramental Confession; A Pamphlet in 
reply to a criticism of this last Charge by The Roman 
Catholic Bishop of Richmond, Virginia. 

Bishop Atkinson died at Wilmington, on the 4th day 
of January, a.d. 1881, and was buried under the Chan- 
cel of S. James' Church 



UNTo. 59. 
THE RIGHT REVEREND 

WILLIAM INGRAHAM KIP, S.T.D., LL.D. 

The first Bishop of California, was born in the City of 
New York on the 3d day of October, a.d. 1811. 

He entered Rutgers College, New-Brunswick, New 
Jersey, but was transferred to Yale College, New Haven, 
Connecticut, where he graduated, a.d. 1831. 

He began the study of Law, which he shortly aban- 
doned, and entered The Theological Seminary of Vir- 
ginia in October, 1832. In July, 1833, he was trans- 
ferred to The General Theological Seminary at New 
York, where he graduated, a.d. 1835. 

Ordered Deacon in S. John's Church, Brooklyn, 
Long Island, on the 28th day of June, a.d. 1835, 
by The Bight Bev. Benjamin Tredwell Onderdonk, 
S.T.D. 

Ordained Briest in S. Peter's Church, Morristown, 
New Jersey, on the 20th day of October, a.d. 1835, 
by The Bight Bev. George Washington Doane, S.T.D. 

He was Bector of S. Peter's Church, Morristown, 
New Jersey, 1835-6, Assistant Minister of Grace 
Church, New York, 1836-7, and Bector of S. Paul's 
Church, Albany, New York, from 1837 until his ele- 
vation to the Episcopate, a.d. 1853. 

176 



WILLIAM INGRAHAM KIP. 177 

He received the Degree of Doctor of Sacred The- 
ology from Columbia College, New York, a.d. 1847, 
and that of Doctor of Laws from Yale College, New 
Haven, Connecticut, a.d. 1872. 

Consecrated Missionary Bishop of California in 
Trinity Church, New York, on the 28th day of Octo- 
ber, a.d. 1853, by The Right Rev. Jackson Kemper, 
S.T.D., assisted by The Right Rev. William Jones 
Boone, D.D., The Right Rev. Alfred Lee, S.T.D., The 
Right Rev. George Washington Freeman, D.D., The 
Right Rev. George Burgess, S.T.D., The Right Rev. 
George Upfold, S.T.D., The Right Rev. Henry John 
Whitehouse, S.T.D., and The Right Rev. Jonathan 
Mayhew Wainwright, D.D. 

He was elected Bishop of California by the Conven- 
tion of the Diocese, April, 1857. 

Writings. — 1. Lenten Fast. 2. Christmas Holidays 
in Rome. 3. Early Jesuit Missions in North America. 
4. Catacombs of Rome. 5. Double Witness of the 
Church. 6. Early Conflicts of Christianity. 7. New 
York in the Olden Time. 8. Unnoticed Things of 
Scripture. 9. Historical Scenes in the Old Jesuil 
Missions. 10. The Church of The Apostles. 

Charges. — 1. Lay Co-operation. 2. Characteristics 
of the Age. 



No. 60. 
THE RIGHT REVEREND 

THOMAS FIELDING SCOTT, S.T.D. 

The first Missionary Bishop of Oregon and Washington 
Territories, was born in Iredel County, North Carolina, 
on the 12th day of March, a.d. 1807. 

He graduated at Franklin College, Athens, (now The 
University of Georgia,) a.d. 1829, and received the 
Degree of D.D. from his Alma Mater, a.d. 1853. 

Ordered Deacon in S. Paul's Church, Augusta, 
Georgia, on the 12th day of March, a.d. 1843, by 
The Right Rev. Stephen Elliott, Jr., S.T.D. 

Ordained Priest in Christ Church, Macon, Georgia, 
on the 24th day of February, a.d. 1844, by the same 
Prelate. 

He became the Rector of S. James' Church, Mari- 
etta, Georgia, and subsequently of Trinity Church, 
Columbus. 

Consecrated Missionary Bishop of the Territories of 
Oregon and Washington in Christ Church, Savannah, 
Georgia, on the 8th day of January, a.d. 1854, by The 
Right Rev. Stephen Elliott, Jr., S.T.D., assisted by The 
Right Rev. Nicholas Hamner Cobbs, S.T.D., and The 
Right Rev. Thomas Frederick Davis, S.T.D. 

Bishop Scott died in the City of New York on the 
14th day of July, a.d. 1867, and was buried in Trinity 
Cemetery. 

178 



ISTo. 61. 
THE RIGHT REVEREND 

HENRY WASHINGTON LEE, S.T.D., LL.D. 

The first Bishop of Iowa, was born in Hamden, New 
Haven County, Connecticut, on the 29th day of July, 
a.d. 1815. 

He passed through the course of study preparatory 
for College at The Episcopal Academy of Connecticut, 
in Cheshire, after which he removed to Massachusetts, 
and opened a private school at Taunton, pursuing his 
studies and teaching, until ready for Ordination. 

Ordered Deacon in Grace Church, New Bedford, 
Massachusetts, on the 27th day of May, a.d. 1838, by 
The Eight Rev. Alexander Yiets Griswold, S.T.D. 

Ordained Priest in S. Anne's Church, Lowell, Massa- 
chusetts, on the 9th day of October, a.d. 1839, by the 
same Prelate. 

He spent a portion of his Diaconate in Grace Church, 
New Bedford. In October, 1839, he removed to Spring- 
field, Massachusetts, where he was Instituted Rector 
of Christ Church on the 2d day of April, a.d. 1840. 

In 1843 he removed to the Diocese of Western New 
York, and became the Rector of S. Luke's Church, 
Rochester, where he remained until his elevation to the 
Episcopate. 

179 



180 HENRY WASHINGTON LEE. 

He received the Degree of Doctor of Sacred The- 
ology from Hobart College, a.d. 1850, that of Doctor 
in Divinity from The University of Rochester, a.d. 
1852, and that of Doctor of Laws from The University 
of Cambridge, England, a.d. 1867. 

Consecrated Bishop of Iowa in S. Luke's Church, 
Rochester, on the 18th day of October, a.d. 1854, by 
The Right Rev. John Henry Hopkins, D.D., LL.D., 
assisted by The Right Rev. Samuel Allen McCoskry, 
D.D., D.C.L., The Right Rev. George Burgess, S.T.D., 
The Right Rev. William Heathcote De Lancey, S.T.D., 
D.C.L., The Right Rev. Manton Eastburn, S.T.D., and 
The Right Rev. Henry John Whitehouse, S.T.D. 

Bishop Lee died in Davenport, Iowa, on the 26th 
day of September, a.d. 1874, and was buried in the 
public Cemetery. 



No. 63. 

THE RIGHT REVEREND 



The fifth. Bishop of New York, was born in Beekman, 
(now Lagrange,) Dutchess County, New York, on the 
9th day of February, a.d. 1802. 

He graduated at Union College, Schenectady, New 
York, a.d. 1826. 

Ordered Deacon in Christ Church, Poughkeepsie, 
New York, on the 15th day of July, a.d. 1827, by The 
Eight Rev. John Henry Hob art, D.D. 

Ordained Priest in Christ Church, Hartford, Con- 
necticut, on the 14th day of December, a.d. 1828, by 
The Eight Rev. Thomas Church Brownell, S.T.D. 

Shortly after his Ordination to the Diaconate he re- 
moved to Maine, and took charge of Trinity Church, 
Saco. The following year he was elected Professor of 
Mathematics and Natural Philosophy in "Washington 
(now Trinity) College, Hartford, Connecticut. In May, 
1833, he removed to New York and became the Eector 
of S. Peter's Church, Albany, where he remained until 
his elevation to the Episcopate. 

Consecrated Provisional Bishop of New York in 
Trinity Church, New York, on the 22d day of No- 
vember, a.d. 1854, by The Eight Eev. Thomas Church 

Brownell, S.T.D., LL.D., assisted by the Eight Eev. 

16 "181 



182 HORATIO POTTER. 

John Henry Hopkins, D.D., LL.D., The Right Rev. 
George "Washington Doane, S.T.D., LL.D., The Right 
Rev. Samuel Allen McCoskry, S.T.D., The Right Rev. 
William Rollinson Whittingham, S.T.D., The Right 
Rev. Manton Eastburn, S.T.D., The Right Rev. Alonzo 
Potter, D.D., The Right Rev. John Williams, S.T.D., 
The Right Rev. Henry John Whitehouse, S.T.D., The 
Right Rev. Henry Washington Lee, S.T.D., and The 
Right Rev. Francis Fulford, D.D., the Bishop of Mon- 
treal, Canada. 

Upon the death of Bishop B. T. Onderdonk, a.d 
1861, he became the Bishop of New York. 

He received the Degree of Doctor of Sacred The- 
ology from Trinity College, Hartford, Connecticut, a.d. 
1838, that of Doctor of Laws from Hobart College, 
Geneva, New York, a.d. 1856, and that of Doctor of 
Civil Law from The University of Oxford, a.d. 1860. 

Writings. — 1. Introductory Sermon after his Insti- 
tution as Rector of S. Peter's Church, Albany, 1833. 
2. Discourse, Intellectual Liberty, 1837. 3. Lecture 
before The Young Men's Association, Troy, 1837. 4. 
Sermon on the death of W. H. Harrison, 1841. 5. 
Sermon on The Religious Tendencies of the Age, and 
the Consequent Duty of the Christian Minister, 1844. 
6. Rules for Fasting, 1846. 7. Discourse, Submission 
to the Government the Christian's Duty, 1848. 8. Sta- 
bility of the Church as seen in her History and Prin- 
ciples, 1843. 9. Sermon on the death of Hon. A. 
Spencer, 1849. 10. Sermon on the death of Presi- 
dent Taylor, 1850. 11. Duties of Justice, 1852. 12. 
Charges, Addresses, Pastoral Letters, &c. 

Bishop Potter died January 2d, a.d. 1887. 



:n~o. r->. 

the right reverend 

THOMAS MARCH CLARK, S.T.D, LL.D. 

The second Bishop of Rhode Island, was born in !STew- 
buryport, Massachusetts, on the 4th day of July, a.d. 
1812. 

He graduated at Yale College, New Haven, Con- 
necticut, a.d. 1831. 

After leaving College, he entered The Theological 
Seminary at Princeton, New- Jersey, and in the spring 
of 1835 was licensed to preach by the Presbytery of 
Newburyport, Massachusetts. He removed to Boston, 
and for a few months was in charge of " The Old South 
Church," when he determined to abandon his connec- 
tion with the Presbyterians and apply for Holy Orders. 

Ordered Deacon in Grace Church, Boston, Massa- 
chusetts, on the 3d day of February, a.d. 1836, by The 
Right Rev. Alexander Yiets Griswold, S.T.D. 

Ordained Priest in Grace Church, Boston, on the 
6th day of November, a.d. 1836, by the same Prelate. 

He officiated in Grace Church, Boston, during his 
Diaconate, and upon his Ordination to the Priesthood, 
became the Rector. 

In 1843 he removed to Philadelphia and became the 
Rector of S. Andrew's Church, where he remained a 
few years, when he returned to Boston, and became 

183 



184 THOMAS MARCH CLARK. 

the Assistant Minister of Trinity Church, upon the 
" Green Foundation." Subsequently he removed to 
Hartford, Connecticut, and became the Eector of 
Christ Church, where he remained until his elevation 
to the Episcopate. 

He received the Degree of Doctor in Divinity from 
Union College, Schenectady, New York, a.d. 1851, and 
that of Doctor of Sacred Theology from Brown Uni- 
versity, a.d. 1860. The Degree of Doctor of Laws 
was conferred upon him by The University of Cam- 
bridge, England, a.d. 1867. 

Consecrated Bishop of Rhode Island in Grace 
Church, Providence, on the 6th day of December, 
a.d. 1854, by The Right Rev. Thomas Church Brown- 
ell, S.T.D., LL.D., assisted by The Right Rev. John 
Henry Hopkins, D.D., LL.D., The Right Rev. George 
Washington Doane, S.T.D., LL.D., The Right Rev. 
Manton Eastburn, S.T.D., The Right Rev. Horatio 
Southgate, S.T.D., The Right Rev. George Burgess, 
S.T.D., The Right Rev. John Williams, S.T.D., The 
Right Rev. Henry Washington Lee, S.T.D., and The 
Right Rev. Horatio Potter, S.T.D. 

Writings. — He has published a large number of Ser- 
mons, Addresses, &c, of which no collection has been 
made. Books : 1. Primary Truths of Religion. 2. 
Formation of Character, a series of Lectures to Young 
Men. 3. The Efficient Sunday-School Teacher. 

Four Charges to his Clergy. 



No. 64. 
THE RIGHT REVEREND 



SAMUEL BOWMAN, S.T.D. 



Assist .int Bishop of Pennsylvania, was born in Wilkes- 
barre, Pennsylvania, on the 21st day of May, a.d. 1800 

Educated privately, and studied Theology under the 
direction of Bishop "White. 

Ordered Deacon in Christ Church, Philadelphia, on 
the 14th day of August, a.d. 1823, by The Eight Rev. 
William White, D.D. 

Ordained Priest in S. James' Church, Philadelphia, 
on the 19th day of December, a.d. 1824, by the same 
Prelate. 

In September, 1823, he took charge of two Parishes 
m Lancaster County, where he remained until 1825, 
when he removed to Easton, and became the Rector 
of Trinity Church. In 1827 he returned to Lancaster 
County, and became the Assistant of The Rev. Joseph 
Clarkson, the Rector of S. James' Church, Lancaster. 
Upon the death of The Rev. Mr. Clarkson, a.d. 1830, 
he became the Rector of the Parish, which position he 
held until his death. 

He received the Degree of Doctor of Sacred The- 
ology from Geneva (now Hobart) College, a.d. 1843. 

In 1847 he was elected Bishop of Indiana, but de- 
clined. 

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186 SAMUEL BOWMAN. 

Consecrated Assistant Bishop of Pennsylvania in 
Christ Church, Philadelphia, on the 25th day of 
August, a.d. 1858, by The Right Rev. Jackson Kemper, 
S.T.D., assisted by The Pight Pev. William Heathcote 
De Lancey, S.T.D., D.C.L., The Pight Rev. Alfred 
Lee, S.T.D., The Right Rev. John Williams, S.T.D., 
and The Right Rev. Horatio Potter, S.T.D. 

Bishop Bowman died on the 3d day of August, a.d. 
1861. He was in the western portion of the Diocese 
on his way to meet an appointment at Butler, in But- 
ler County. The destruction of a bridge by a land- 
slide, compelled the passengers of the train in which 
the Bishop was journeying to make a walk of four 
miles. The Bishop lingered behind, and when the 
party had reached the end of the journey he was no- 
where to be found. A workman returning with a 
hand-car to the broken bridge, found him lying on his 
face by the roadside, quite dead. 

The body was tenderly cared for, at once returned to 
Pittsburg, and thence removed to Lancaster, where it 
was buried in the Church Yard. 






No. 65. 
THE RIGHT REVEREND 



ALEXANDER GREGG, D.D. 



The first Bishop of Texas, was born in Society Hill, 
Darlington District, South Carolina, on the 8th day of 
October, a.d. 1819. 

He graduated at South Carolina College, a.d. 1838, 
and entered at once upon the study of Law. He was 
admitted to the Bar, and practised at Cheraw, in the 
North-Eastern Circuit, embracing the Districts of Ches- 
terfield, Marlborough, Darlington and Marion, in South 
Carolina. 

He was Baptized and Confirmed in S. David's 
Church, Cheraw, South Carolina, a.d. 1843, and im- 
mediately thereafter became a Candidate for Holy 
Orders. 

Ordered Deacon in S. David's Church, Cheraw, on 
the 10th day of June, a.d. 1846, by The Bight Rev. 
Christopher Edwards Gadsden, D.D. 

Ordained Priest in S. Philip's Church, Charleston, 
South Carolina, on the 19th day of December, a.d. 
1847, by the same Prelate. 

Immediately upon his Ordination to the Diaconate 
he took charge of S. David's Church, Cheraw, of 
which he became the Bector, and he remained in that 
position until his elevation to the Episcopate. 

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188 ALEXANDER GREGG. 

He received the Degree of Doctor in Divinity from 
South Carolina College, a.d. 1859. 

Consecrated Bishop of Texas in The Monumental 
Church, Richmond, Virginia, on the 13th day of Oc- 
tober, a.d. 1859, by The Eight Rev. John Henry 
Hopkins, D.D., LL.D., assisted by The Right Rev. 
Benjamin Bosworth Smith, S.T.D., The Right Rev. 
James Hervey Otey, S.T.D., The Right Rev. Leonidas 
Polk, S.T.D., The Right Rev. Stephen Elliott, Jr., 
S.T.D., The Right Rev. William Mercer Green, D.D., 
The Right Rev. Thomas Frederick Davis, S.T.D., and 
The Right Rev. Thomas Atkinson, S.T.D. 

In the year 1874, at a meeting of the General Con- 
vention held in S. John's Chapel, ~New York, consent 
was given to the division of the Diocese of Texas, 
setting off two Missionary Jurisdictions, and leaving 
all that portion of the State of Texas lying south of 
the northern line of the Counties of Lampasas, Cory- 
ell, McLennan, Limestone, Freestone, Anderson, 
Smith, Gregg and Marion, and east of the western 
line of the Counties of Matagorda, Wharton, Colorado, 
Fayette, Bastrop, Travis, Burnett and Lampasas, in 
and under the name of the Diocese of Texas. Bishop 
Gregg removed to Galveston, and remained in charge 
of this District, retaining his old title of Bishop of 
Texas. 

Writings. — 1. Convocation Essay, Relations of 
Master and Slave; Regulations respecting the same, 
and Duties growing out of these Relations in the 
Primitive Church. South Carolina, 1852. 2. Sermon 
before the Convention of South Carolina, a.d. 1856, 
on " Scarcity of Clergymen, Causes and Remedy.''" 



ALEXAXDER GREGG. 189 

3. An Account of the First Mooting of the Trustees of 

The University of The South; the Nature and Pros- 
pects of that Groat Work, &c, 1857. 4, A Sermon 

preached in S. David's Church, Austin. Texas, on the 
"Perils and Duties of a Time of War," 1861. 5. 
Sermon — "Proper Improvement of Victory in War." 
6. Sermon—" The Sin of Extortion/"'* 1863. 7. Eulogy 
on Judge Hemphill and Colonel McLeod, delivered 
in the Hall of Representatives, Austin. 1862. 8. Tri- 
ennial Charge on the Eolations of Church and State, 
and the Responsibilities and Duties growing out of 
the same. 1862. 9. Second Triennial Charge — Rela- 
tions of The Church to The Church of Rome. &c. 
10. " History of Old Cheraw," embracing an account 
of Indian tribes in the Valley of the Pee Doe, South 
Carolina : the first white settlements ; organization of 
S. David's Parish; Revolutionary history of that re- 
gion, &c. 1 vol. 8vo., 1867. 



No. 66. 

THE RIGHT REVEREND 

WILLIAM HENRY ODENHEIMER, D.D. 

The third Bishop of New Jersey, was born in the City 
of Philadelphia on the 11th day of August, a.d. 1817. 

He graduated at The University of Pennsylvania, 
a.d. 1835. 

Ordered Deacon in S. Paul's Church, Philadelphia, 
on the 2d day of September, a.d. 1838, by The Right 
Rev. Henry Ustick Onderdonk, S.T.D. 

Ordained Priest in S. Peter's Church, Philadelphia, 
on the 3d day of October, a.d. 1841, by the same Pre- 
late. 

He was the Rector of S. Peter's Church, Phila- 
delphia, from the time of his Ordination until his ele- 
vation to the Episcopate. He received the Degree of 
Doctor in Divinity from The University of Pennsyl- 
vania, a.d. 1856. 

Consecrated Bishop of New Jersey in S. Paul's 
Church, Richmond, Virginia, on the 13th day of 
October, a.d. 1859, by The Right Rev. William Meade, 
D.D., assisted by The Right Rev. Samuel Allen 
McCoskry, S.T.D., D.C.L., The Right Rev. William 
Rollinson "Whittingham, S.T.D. , The Right Rev. 
Alfred Lee, S.T.D., The Right Rev. Carlton Chase, 

190 



WILLIAM HENRY ODENHEIMER. 191 

D.D., The Right Rev. Cicero Stephens Hawks, S.T.D., 
The Right Rev. Alonzo Potter, D.D., LL.D., and The 
Right Rev. John Williams, S.T.D. 

In 1874 the Diocese of New Jersey was divided, 
and a new Diocese created under the title of The 
Diocese of Northern New Jersey. Bishop Oden- 
heimer elected to take charge of the New Diocese, 
and so became (a.d. 1874) The Bishop of Northern 
New Jersey. 

Writings. — 1. Origin and Compilation of the Prayer 
Book. 2. The True Catholic no Romanist. 3. Thoughts 
on Immersion. 4. The Young Churchman Catechised. 
Parts I. and II. 5. The Devout Churchman's Com- 
panion. 6. The Private Prayer Book. 7. Bishop 
White's Opinions. 8. Ringelbergius on Study. 
(Edited.) 9. The Clergyman's Assistant. 10. Three 
Charges — 1. The Sacred Scriptures, the Inspired Re- 
cord of the Glory of The Holy Trinity. 2. The 
Church's Power in her Controversy with Antichrist. 
3. Canon Law. 

Bishop Oclenheimer died at " Riverside," Burlington, 
New Jersey, on the 14th day of August, a.d. 1879, and 
was buried in S. Mary's Church-yard. 



.No. 67. 
THE RIGHT REVEREND 

GREGORY THURSTON BEDELL, D.D. 

The third Bishop of Ohio, was born in Hudson, Few 
York, on the 27th day of August, a.d. 1817. 

He graduated at Bristol College, Bristol, Pennsyl- 
vania, a.d. 1836. He became a Candidate for Holy 
Orders in the Diocese of Pennsylvania, and spent one 
year in Philadelphia, as a tutor in a private family, 
and at the same time attended a course of Medical 
Lectures. 

In 1837 he entered The Theological Seminary ot 
Virginia, where he graduated, a.d. 1840. 

Ordered Deacon in St. Andrew's Church, Philadel- 
phia, on the 19th day of July, a.d. 1840, by his great- 
uncle, The Right Rev. Richard Channing Moore, D.D. 

Ordained Priest in The Church of The Holy Trinity, 
West Chester, Pennsylvania, on the 29th day of August, 
a.d. 1841, by the same Prelate. 

While in Deacon's Orders he took charge of The 
Church of The Holy Trinity, "West Chester, and upon 
his Ordination to the Priesthood he became the Rector 
of the Parish. In 1843 he removed to the City of !N"ew 
York, and became the Rector of The Church of The 
Ascension, where he remained until his elevation to 
the Episcopate. 

192 



GREGORY THURSTON BEDELL. 193 

lie received the Degree of Doctor in Divinity from 
Norwich University, Vermont, a.d. 1856. 

Consecrated Assistant Bishop of Ohio in S. Paul's 
Church, Richmond, Virginia, on the 13th day of 
October, a.d. 1859, by The Right Rev. William Meade, 
D.D., assisted by The Right Rev. Charles Pettit Mcll- 
vaine, S.T.D., D.C.L., The Right Rev. John Johns, 
S.T.D., The Right Rev. Manton Eastburn, D.D., The 
Right Rev. George Upfold, D.D., The Right Rev. 
Francis Huger Rutledge, S.T.D., The Right Rev. 
Horatio Potter, S.T.D.^LL.D., and The Right Rev. 
John Payne, D.D. 

Upon the death of Bishop Mcllvaine, March 13th, 
a.d. 1873, he became the Bishop of Ohio. In the year 
1875 the Diocese was divided and a new See created, 
lying south of the southern line of the Counties of 
Mercer, Shelby, Logan, Union, Marion, Morrow, 
Knox, Coshocton, Tuscarawas, Harrison and Jefferson , 
under the title of The Diocese of Southern Ohio. 
The northern Diocese retained the old title, and 
Bishop Bedell, by virtue of the power vested in him 
under the Canon, elected to take charge of the old 
Diocese, and remain as Bishop of Ohio. 

Writings. — Sermons : 1. The Divinity of Christ, 
1848. 2. Individual Responsibility for Missions to 
the Heathen, 1848. 3. The Present Profit of Godli- 
ness, 1852. 4. The Sacredness of the Grave, 1854. 
5. The Adaptation of Christianity to Man, 1854. 6. 
Funeral Sermon on the death of The Rev. David 
Moore, D.D., 1856. 7. Fellow Workers. Two Ser- 
mons— " The Elements of Parochial Strength," "The 
Basis of Parochial Strength, 1859." 8. The Trustee- 

I " 17 



Iy4 GREGORY THURSTON BEDELL. 

ship of The Gospel, 1864. 9. The Victories of The 
Reformation, &c., 1869. 10. The Age of Indifference, 
1871. 11. Episcopacy, Tact and Law, 1872. 12. Me- 
morial Sermon of Bishop Auer, 1874. 13. Woman's 
Work and Foreign Missions, Sermon preached under 
the auspices of " The Woman's Auxiliary," 1877. 14. 
The Church, a Teacher, Sermon at the opening of the 
Church Congress, 1877. 

Miscellaneous. — 1. A Pastor's Christmas Greeting, 
1848. 2. Pay thy Vows, a Confirmation Address, by 
The Rev. Dr. Bedell, of Philadelphia, edited by his 
son, 1850. 3. Renunciation, an Essay on Worldly 
Amusements, by Dr. Bedell, edited, with Introduction, 
by his son, 1850. 4. Address before The Young Men's 
Christian Association, Cincinnati, 1871. 5. A Votive 
Pillar, Address on the Twenty-fifth Anniversary of 
the founding of The Church of The Ascension, 'New 
York, and the Tenth Anniversary of his Rectorship, 
1853. 6. Memorial of The Right Rev. Charles Pettit 
Mcllvaine, S.T.D., D.C.L., LL.D., Address before the 
Convention of Ohio, 1873. 7. Ritual Uniformity, a 
Pastoral Letter, 1874. 8. Primary Charge— " The 
Personal Presence of The Holy Spirit," 1874. 9. 
Notes on the Oriental Churches, 1875. 10. Coptic 
Liturgy of The Holy Communion, by Deacon Hanna, 
of Cairo, Egypt, edited, 1875. 11. Therapeutical In- 
fluence of High Character in a Physician, an Address, 
&c, 1876. 12. Funeral Address on the death of Rev. 
A. H. Washburn, D.D., 1877. 13. Pastoral Theology, 
a text-book, 1878. 

Bishop Bedell resigned in October, 1889, and his 
resignation was accepted by the* House of Bishops. 



:N"o. 68. 

THE RIGHT REVEREND 
HENRY BENJAMIN WHIPPLE, D.D., LL.I), Cantab. 

The first Bishop of Minnesota, was born in Adams, 
Jefferson County, "New York, on the 15th day of Feb- 
ruary, a.b. 1822. 

He was engaged in mercantile pursuits for some 
years, and largely interested, as well as influential in 
political matters. His conversion to the Church 
opened a new era in his life. He abandoned business 
and politics, became a Candidate for Holy Orders, and 
studied Theology under the direction of Bishop De 
Lancey. 

Ordered Deacon in Trinity Church, Geneva, on the 
17th day of August, a.d. 1849, by The Eight Rev 
William Heathcote De Lancey, S.T.D. 

Ordained Priest in Christ Church, Sackett's Harbor, 
on the 16th day of July, a.d. 1850, by the same Pre- 
late. 

He became the Rector of Zion Church, Rome, New 
York, which position he held for several years. In 
the spring of 1857 he removed to Illinois, where he 
became the Rector of The Church of The Holy Com- 
munion, Chicago, which position he occupied until his 
elevation to the Episcopate. 

195 



196 HENRY BENJAMIN WHIPPLE. 

Consecrated Bishop of Minnesota in S. James' 
Church, Richmond, Virginia, on the 13th day of 
October, a.d. 1859, by The Right Rev. Jackson Kem- 
per, S.T.D., assisted by The Right Rev. William 
Heathcote De Lancey, S.T.D., D.C.L., The Right Re^. 
Nicholas Hamner Cobbs,D.D., The Right Rev. George 
Burgess, S.T.D., LL.D., The Right Rev. Henry John 
Whitehouse, S.T.D., The Right Rev. Thomas Freder- 
ick Scott, D.D., The Right Rev. Henry Washington 
Lee, S.T.D., The Right Rev. Thomas March Clark, 
S.T.D., and The Right Rev. Samuel Bowman, S.T.D. 

Writings. — 1. A Sermon before The Convention 
of the Diocese of Illinois. 2. Addresses to his Con- 
vention. 3. Letters and papers on the Indian Problem, 
continued for several years. 4. Sermon at the Conse- 
cration of the first Bishop of Nebraska. 5. Sermon 
at the Consecration of the third Bishop of Wisconsin. 

Bishop Whipple received the Degree of Doctor of 
Laws from the University of Cambridge, England, 
a.d. 1888 



No. 69. 
THE RIGHT REVEREND 

S.T.D., LL.D. 

The first Bishop of Easton, was born in Richmond, 
Virginia, on the 6th day of December, a.d. 1823. 

He graduated at The University of Virginia, Char- 
lottesville, a.d. 1842, and at The Theological Seminary 
of Virginia, Alexandria, a.d. 1846. 

Ordered Deacon in Christ Church, Alexandria, od 
the 10th day of July, a.d. 1846, by The Right Rev. 
"William Meade, D.D. 

He served as Deacon for six months, in Lynnhave'n 
Parish, Virginia. 

In 1847 he removed to Huntsville, Alabama, and 
took charge of The Church of The Nativity. 

Ordained Priest in The Church of The Nativity, 
Huntsville, on the 12th day of July, a.d. 1848, by The 
Right Rev. Nicholas Hamner Cobbs, D.D. 

He became the Rector of The Church of The Na- 
tivity, and remained there until his elevation to the 
Ejjiscopate. 

Consecrated Missionary Bishop of Arkansas and 
The Indian Territory in S. Paul's Church, Richmond, 
Virginia, on the 23d day of October, a.d. 1859, by The 
Right Rev. "William Meade, D.D., assisted by The 
Right Rev. Charles Pettit Mcllvaine, S.T.D., The 

17* 197 



198 HENRY CHAMPLIN LAY. 

Right Rev. Leonidas Polk, S.T.D., The Right Rev 
William Heathcote De Lancey, S.T.D., The Right Rev. 
William Rollinson Whittingham, S.T.D., The Right 
Rev. Stephen Elliott, Jr., S.T.D., The Right Rev. Nich- 
olas Hamner Cobhs, D.D., and The Right Rev. Thomas 
Atkinson, S.T.D. 

a.d. 1868. — The Diocese of Maryland having been 
divided, and a new See created out of " all that part 
lying east of the Chesapeake Bay and the Susquehanna 
River," with the Title of The Diocese of Easton, Bishop 
Lay was elected as Diocesan and translated to Easton 
on the 1st day of April, a.d. 1869. 

He received the Decree of Doctor of Sacred The- 
ology from Hobart College, Geneva, New York, a.d. 
1857, and from The College of William and Mary, a.d. 
1873, and that of Doctor of Laws from The University 
of Cambridge, England, a.d. 1867. 

Writings. — Sermons : 1. Fidelity to the Truth, 1860. 
2. Missionary Success, 1866. 3. Our Lord, the Pattern 
to Bishops, 1868. 4. The Man of Business, two Ser- 
mons, 1870. 5. The Man of God, 1869. 6. The An- 
glican Church, and her Longings after Unity, 1873. 

Miscellaneous. — 1. Letters to a Man bewildered 
among many Counsellors. 2. Tracts for Missionary 
Use. 3. Studies in The Church. 4. The Lord and 
His Basket, Address at the Missionary Meeting in the 
Tabernacle, Boston, 1877. 5. Dry Earth in its Sanitary 
Applications, a paper in the Report of The State Board 
of Health of Maryland, 1878. 

Bishop Lay died in Baltimore, Sept. 17th, a.d. 1885, 
and was buried at Spring Hill Cemetery, Easton. 



No. 70. 
THE RIGHT REVEREND 

JOSEPH CRUIKSIIANK TALBOT, D.D., LL.D. 

The second Bishop of Indiana, was born in Alexan- 
dria, Virginia, on the 5th day of September, a.d. 1816. 

He was educated in Pierpont Academy, Alexandria, 
and in 1835 removed to Louisville, Kentucky, where 
he was engaged in business for several years. 

He was Baptized in Christ Church, Louisville, in 
1837, and confirmed by the Bishop of Kentucky dur- 
ing the same year. 

In 1841 he became a Candidate for Holy Orders, and 
pursued his studies under the Bishop's direction. 

Ordered Deacon in Christ Church, Louisville, on the 
5th day of September, a.d. 1846, by The Eight Rev. 
Benjamin Bosworth Smith, S.T.D. 

Ordained Priest in S. John's Church, Louisville, on 
the 6th day of September, a.d. 1848, by the same Pre- 
late. 

While in Deacon's Orders he organized S. John's 
Church, Louisville, and upon his Ordination to the 
Priesthood became the Rector. He remained in that 
Parish seven years. In 1853 he removed to Indiana 
and became the Rector of Christ Church, Indianapolis, 
where he remained until his elevation to the Episco- 
pate. 

199 



200 JOSEPH CRUIKSHANK TALBOT. 

He received the Degree of Doctor in Divinity from 
The Western University of Pennsylvania, Pittsburg, 
a.d. 1854, and that of Doctor of Laws from The Uni- 
versity of Cambridge, England, a.d. 1867. 

In 1859 he was elected by the House of Bishops as 
Missionary Bishop of the North-West, and the elec- 
tion was confirmed by the House of Clerical and Lay 
Deputies. This was a new jurisdiction, including Ne- 
braska, Dakota, Wyoming, Colorado, New Mexico, 
Arizona, Utah, Montana, and Idaho, covering nearly 
nine hundred thousand square miles. 

Consecrated Missionary Bishop of the North-West 
in Christ Church, Indianapolis, on the 15th day of Feb- 
ruary, a.d. 1860, by The Right Rev. Jackson Kemper, 
S.T.D., assisted by The Right Rev. Benjamin Bosworth 
Smith, S.T.D., The Right Rev. Cicero Stephens Hawks, 
D.D., The Right Rev. George Upfold, S.T.D., and The 
Right Rev. Gregory Thurston Bedell, D.D. 

In 1865 he was elected as the Assistant Bishop of 
Indiana, to which Diocese he was translated in October 
of that year. 

Upon the death of Bishop Upfold, a.d. 1872, he 
became the Bishop of Indiana. 

Writings. — A few single Sermons, Addresses to bis 
Convention, Pastoral Letters, and fugitive Articles. 

Bishop Talbot died at Indianapolis, on the 15th day 
of January, a.d. 1883, and was buried at Crown Hill 
Cemetery. 



INTo. TI- 
THE RIGHT REVEREND 

WILLIAM BACON STEVENS, D.D., LL.D. 

The fourth Bishop of Pennsylvania, was born in Batn, 
Maine, on the 13th day of July, a.d. 1815. 

After pursuing his classical studies in Phillips Acad- 
emy, Andover, Massachusetts, his health broke down, 
and he was compelled to spend over two years in 
foreign travel. Returning to the United States, he 
graduated Doctor in Medicine at Dartmouth College, 
Hanover, New Hampshire, a.d. 1837. He subsequently 
received the same Degree from The Medical College 
of South Carolina. He practised in his Profession 
in Savannah, Georgia, nearly five years. In 1841 he 
received the appointment of Historian for the State of 
Georgia. Shortly afterwards he relinquished his pro- 
fession and studied Theology under the direction of the 
Bishop of Georgia. 

Ordered Deacon in Christ Church, Savannah, on the 
26th day of February, a.d. 1843, by The Right Rev. 
Stephen Elliott, Jr., S.T.D. 

Ordained Priest in the same Church on the 7th day 
of January, a.d. 1844, by the same Prelate. 

During his Diaconate he organized Emmanuel 
Church, Athens, Georgia, and upon his Ordination 
to the Priesthood became the Rector of the Parish. 

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202 WILLIAM BACON STEVENS. 

In 1844 he was elected Professor of Belles-Lettres, 
Oratory and Moral Philosophy in The University of 
Georgia. 

In 1847 he was a Deputy to the General Convention 
from the Diocese of Georgia. 

In 1848 he removed to Pennsylvania, and became 
the Hector of S. Andrew's Church, Philadelphia, where 
lie remained until his elevation to the Episcopate. 

He received the Degree of Doctor in Divinity from 
The University of Pennsylvania, a.d. 1848, and that of 
Doctor of Laws from Union College, Schenectady, New 
York, a.d. 1862. 

Consecrated Assistant Bishop of Pennsylvania in S. 
Andrew's Church, Philadelphia, on the 2d day of Jan- 
uary, a.d. 1862, by The Right Rev. John Henry Hop- 
kins, D.D., LL.D., assisted by The Right Rev. Alonzo 
Potter, D.D., LL.D., The Right Rev. Horatio Potter, 
S.T.D., LL.D., The Right Rev. Alfred Lee, S.T.D., The 
Right Rev. Thomas March Clark, S.T.D., The Right 
Rev. Henry Washington Lee, S.T.D., and The Right 
Rev. William Henry Odenheimer, D.D. 

Upon the death of Bishop Potter, a.d. 1865, he be- 
came the Bishop of Pennsylvania. 

In the year 1865 the Diocese was divided, and a 
new See formed in the western portion of the State 
under the title of The Diocese of Pittsburg. 

In 1871 the Diocese was again divided, and another 
See created under the title of The Diocese of Central 
Pennsylvania. 

In 1868 he was appointed by the Presiding Bishop 
to take charge of the American Episcopal Churches in 
Europe, which position he held six years. 



WILLIAM BACON STEVENS. 203 

Writings. — 1. Discourses before the Georgia His- 
torical Society, a.d. 1841. 2. Tract on the History of 
Silk Culture in Georgia, 1841. 3. History of Georgia, 
from its first Discovery by the Europeans to the adop- 
tion of its present Constitution, in 1797, 2 vols. 8vo., 
1847. 4. Parables of The New Testament practically 
unfolded, 1 vol. 8vo., 1855. 5. Consolation, The Bow 
in the Cloud, 1 vol. 12mo., 1855. 6. Home Service, 1 
vol. 12mo., 1856. 7. The Lord's Day, its Obliga- 
tions and Blessings, 1 vol. 12mo., 1857. 8. The Past 
and the Present of S. Andrew's. 1 vol. 12mo., 1858. 

9. Tw t o Discourses, September 12th and 19th, 1858, 8vo. 

10. A Charge to his Clergy, 1864, 8vo. 11. A Sermon 
preached in The Church of The Holy Trinity, Nice, 
France, December 30th, 1866, in behalf of The Society 
for Propagating The Gospel in Foreign Parts, and The 
Church Missionary Society. Nice, a.d. 1867. 12. A 
Sermon preached in Grace Church, Brooklyn, Long 
Island, at the Consecration of The Eight Rev. B. H. 
Paddock, D.D., September 17th, a.d. 1873, 8vo. 13. 
A Sermon preached in Grace Church, New York, at 
the Consecration of The Right Rev. S. I. J. Seheres- 
chewsky, D.D., Missionary Bishop to China. Novem- 
ber, 1877, 8vo. Also a number of occasional Sermons, 
Essays, Tracts, and Papers in various Periodicals. 

Bishop Stevens also edited, with Preface and Notes, 
The Georgia Historical Collections, 8vo., 2 vols., 1841-2. 
He preached the Sermon in S. Paul's Cathedral, Lon- 
don at the close of the Pan-Anglican Council, a.d. 1878. 

Bishop Stevens died in Philadelphia, June 11th, a.d. 
1887, and was buried in the churchyard of St. James 
the Less. 



No. 72. 
THE RIGHT REVEREND 



The second Bishop of Alabama, was born in Alexan- 
dria, Virginia, on the 15th day of March, a.d. 1816. 

He graduated at Yale College, New Haven, Con- 
necticut, a.d. 1836, and at The Theological Seminary 
of Virginia, Alexandria, a.d. 1839. 

Ordered Deacon in The Monumental Church, Rich- 
mond, Virginia, on the 31st day of March, (Easter 
Day,) a.d. 1839, by The Right Rev. Richard Channing 
Moore, D.D. 

Ordained Priest in the same Church on the 19th day 
of April, (Easter Day,) a.d. 1840, by the same Prelate. 

From March, 1839, to October, 1843, he was Rector 
of S. Paul's Church, Goochland County, Virginia, and 
of S. John's Church, Fluvanna County. From Octo- 
ber, 1843, until August, 1844, he was Rector of S. 
James' Church, "Wilmington, North Carolina. From 
October, 1844, until May, 1849, he had charge of Grace 
and Wickliffe Churches in Clarke County, Virginia. 
From January, 1850, until 1853, he had charge of Em- 
manuel Church, Loudon County, Virginia, and of 
Trinity Church, Fauquier County, Virginia. From 
August, 1853, until October, 1858, he had charge of S 

204 



RICHARD HOOKER WILMER. 205 

Stephen's and Trinity Churches, Bedford County, Vir- 
ginia. In October, 1858, lie became the Rector of Em- 
manuel Church, Henrico County, Virginia, where he 
remained until his elevation to the Episcopate. 

He received the Degree of Doctor in Divinity from 
The College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, 
Virginia, a.d. 1859. 

Consecrated Bishop of Alabama in S. Paul's Church, 
Richmond, Virginia, on the 6th day of March, a.d. 
1862, by The Right Rev. William Meade, D.D., assisted 
by The Right Rev. Stephen Elliott, S.T.D., and The 
Right Rev. John Johns, S.T.D. 

Writings. — A few Sermons, Addresses to his Con- 
vention, and Pastoral Letters. 



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HKTo. 73. 
THE RIGHT REVEREND 

THOMAS HUBBARD ^AIL ; S.T.D., LL.D. 

The first Bishop of Kansas, was born in Richmond, 
Virginia, of New England parents, on the 21st day 
of October, a.d. 1812. He was Baptized in the State 
Capitol at Richmond by " Parson Buchanan," who 
for many years was the Assistant of Bishop Moore in 
The Monumental Church. Upon the death of his 
father, a.d. 1817, his mother returned to New England. 

He graduated at Washington (now Trinity) College, 
Hartford, Connecticut, a.d. 1831, and at The General 
Theological Seminary, New York, a.d. 1835. 

Ordered Deacon in S. Mark's Church, New Canaan, 
Connecticut, on the 29th day of June, a.d. 1835, by 
The Right Rev. Thomas Church Brownell, S.T.D. 

Ordained Priest in Grace Church, Boston, Massa- 
chusetts, on the 6th day vf January, a.d. 1837, by The 
Right Rev. Alexander Yiets Griswold, S.T.D. 

During: the three months following his ordination to 
the Diaconate, he officiated in S. James' Church, Phila- 
delphia. After this he removed to Boston, and acted 
temporarily as Assistant to Dr. Wainwright, then Rec- 
tor of S. Paul's Church. Under Dr. Wainwright's 
direction he went to Worcester, Massachusetts, and 
organized All Saints' Church. 



THOMAS HUBBARD VAIL. 207 

In 1837 at Easter, he became the Rector of Christ 
Church, Cambridge. In 1839 he removed to Connec- 
ticut, and became the Rector of S. John's Church, 
Essex. In 1844 he removed to Rhode Island, and 
became the Rector of Christ Church, Westerly, where 
he 'remained fourteen years, during which time he was 
a Deputy to the General Convention from the Diocese 
of Rhode Island. 

In Dec, 1857, he became Rector of S. Thomas' 
Church, Taunton, Mass. ; — in !Nov., 1863, Rector of 
Trinity Church, Muscatine, Iowa. 

He received the Degree of Doctor of Sacred The- 
ology from Brown University, Providence, Rhode 
Island, a.d. 1858, and that of Doctor of Laws from 
The University of Kansas, a.d. 1875. 

Consecrated Bishop of Kansas in Trinity Church, 
Muscatine, Iowa, on the 15th day of December, a.d. 
18G4, by The Right Rev. Jackson Kemper, S.T.D., 
assisted by The Right Rev. Henry John "White- 
house, S.T.D., The Right Rev. Henry Washington 
Lee, S.T.D., and The Right Rev. Gregory Thurston 
Bedell, D.D. 

Writings. — 1. The Comprehensive Church. 2. Life 
of Lyde, with an edition ot nis Poems. 3. Plan and 
Outline, with selections of books under many heads, 
of a Public Library in Rhode Island. 4. Reports of 
School Committees in Massachusetts. 5. Sermon at 
the Consecration of the Chapel of Griswold College. 
6. Charges, Episcopal Addresses, Pastoral Letters, &c. 

Bishop Vail died at Bryn Mawr, Penn., Oct. 6th, 
A.D. 1889, and was buried at Topeka, Kansas. 



ISTo 7-4,. 
THE RIGHT REVEREND 

ARTHUR CLEVELAND COXE, S.T.D., LL.D. 

The second Bishop of Western New York, was born 
in Mendham, New Jersey, on the 10th day of May, a.d. 
1818. 

He graduated at The University of New York, a.d. 
1838, and at The General Theological Seminary, a.d. 
1841. 

Ordered Deacon in S. Paul's Chapel, New York, on 
the 27th day of June, a.d. 1841, by The Eight Rev. 
Benjamin Tredwell Onderdonk, S.T.D. 

Ordained Priest in S. John's Church, Hartford, Con- 
necticut, on the 25th day of September, a.d. 1842, by 
The Right Rev. Thomas Church Brownell, S.T.D. 

Shortly after his Ordination to the Diaconate, he 
took charge of S. Ann's Church, Morrisania, West- 
chester County, New York, where he remained until 
Easter in the following year, when he removed to Con- 
necticut and became the Rector of S. John's Church, 
Hartford. In 1854 he removed to Maryland, and be- 
came the Rector of Grace Church, Baltimore. In 
1863 he removed to New York, and became the Rector 
of Calvary Church, New York City, where he remained 
until his elevation to the Episcopate. 

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ARTHUR CLEVELAND COXE. 9()9 

Iii 1856, during his Rectorship of Grace Church, 
Baltimore, he was elected to the Episcopate of Texas 
but declined. 

He received the Degree of Doctor in Divinity from 
S. James' College, Hagerstown, Maryland, a.d. 1856, 
that of Sacred Theology from Trinity College, Hart- 
ford, Connecticut, a.d. 1868, and that of Doctor of Laws 
from Kenyon College, Gambier, Ohio, a.d. 1868. 

Consecrated Assistant Bishop of Western New York 
in Trinity Church, Geneva, on the 4th day of January, 
a.d. 1865, by The Right Rev. William Heathcote De 
Lancey, S.T.D., LL.D., assisted by The Right Rev. John 
Henry Hopkins, D.D., LL.D., The Right Rev. Samuel 
Allen McCoskry, S.T.D., D.C.L., The Right Rev. Ho- 
ratio Potter, S.T.D., LL.D., The Right Rev. William 
Henry Odenheimer, D.D., and The Right Rev. Joseph 
Cruikshank Talbot, D.D. 

Upon the death of Bishop De Lancey, April 5th, a.d. 
1865, he became the Bishop of Western New York. 

Writings. — Theology : 1. Sermons on Doctrine and 
Duty, Philadelphia, 1855. 2. Thoughts on The Ser- 
vices, Baltimore, 1859. (Enlarged edition, Philadelphia, 
1860. Republished in England. About sixteen edi- 
tions sold in the United States.) 3. The Criterion, 
New York, 1866. (Republished in Oxford, England.) 
4. Moral Reforms, Buffalo, 1869. 5. Apollos, or the 
Way of God, Buffalo, 1871. (Republished in Oxford, 
England, 1874.) 6. Lectures on Prophecy, Buffalo, 
1871. 7. Covenant Prayers, Buffalo, 1875. 8. L'Epis- 
copat de l'Occident, Paris, 1874. 9. Elements of Ec- 
clesiography, (Serial,) Hartford, 1874. 10. Absolution 
and Confession, New Haven, 1850. 

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210 ARTHUR CLEVELAND COXE. 

Translations, Works edited, &c. — 1. Bishop Wil- 
berforce's " Eucharistica," edited and adapted to the 
American Liturgy, 'New York, 1842. 2. Hirscher's 
work on " The Actual State of The Church," translated 
and edited, with an Introduction, Oxford, 1852. 3. La- 
borde on the Immaculate Conception, translated and 
edited, Philadelphia, 1855. 4. Morals of Liguori, by 
Meyrick, edited, with an Introduction, Baltimore, 1856. 
5. Croswell's Poems, with a Biography, 1860. 6. 
Sherwood's Stories, with Emendations, 1860. 7. The 
Churchman's Calendar, with an Ecclesiography, or 
view of The Catholic Church, New York, 1861, (en- 
larged and continued annually until 1866). 8. The 
Papacy, by the Abbe Guettee, New York, 1866. 9. 
Leighton's Moderate Episcopacy, New York, 1868. 
10. Bishop Burgess' Poems, with Critical Review, 1869. 

Sermons.— 1. The Household of Faith, 1846. 2. 
Seventy Years Since, 1848. 3. A City not Forsaken, 
1849. 4. The Priesthood and the People, Oxford, 1851. 
5. The Faithful Witness, 1852. 6. The New Dogma 
of Rome, 1855. 7. Counsels of Unity, 1856. 8. Truth 
and our Times, 1863. 9. The Mocking of Ishmael, 
1863. 10. The Liturgy of Heaven, 1864. 11. The 
Ministry, 1864. 12. The Restoration of Unity, 1865. 
13. A Father in Christ, 1865. 14. Scriptural Bishop- 
rics, 1866. 15. The Choice of a Bishop, 1868. 16. 
Practical Wisdom, 1868. 17. The Death of Bishop 
Burgess, 1869. 18. The Corporate Witness, 1874. 
19. The Anglican Cathedral, Canada, 1875. 20. The 
Russian War, 1877. 

Pamphlets. — 1. Revivalism in The Church, .1843. 2. 
Letter to the Bishop of Arras, (French,) Oxford, 1856. 



ARTHUR CLEVELAND COXE. 9\\ 

3. Apology for the English Bible, 1857. Note.— This 
pamphlet went through three editions and accomplished 
its purpose, the suppression of The American Bible 
Society's new Bibles. 4. Mixed Societies, 1857. 5. 
Fixed Principles, 1859. 6. Three Tracts, 1859. 7. 
Address of Christian Unity Society, 1864. 8. Letter 
to Pius the Ninth, 1869. Note. — This letter was re- 
published in Europe, in French, German, Modern 
Greek, Bohemian, and Italian. Circulated by The 
Anglo-Continental Society, and twice republished in 
England. 9. Tracts No. XIV., XV., XVI. of Parker's 
Series, Oxford, 1850. 10. Catholics and Eoman Cath- 
olics, 1874. 11. Episcopal Addresses, Conferences, 
Charges, Pastoral Letters, Special Services, &c. 

General Literature. — 1. Impressions of England, 
1855. 2. Contributions to Periodical Literature, viz. : 

I. Modern English Poetry, Repository, 1839. 2. Cow- 
per's Poetry, Repository, 1839. 3. Devotional Poetry, 
New York Review, 1839. 4. Cave of the Regicides. 
Blackwood's, i847. 5. European Revolutions, Black- 
wood's, 1848. 6. Route into Canada, Blackwood's, 

1848. 7. Foreign Conservatism, Blackwood's, 1849. 
8. Schools in American Literature, Church Review, 

1849. 9. The New Hegira, Church Review, 1849. 
10. Writings of Hawthorne, Church Review, 1851. 

II. Religion for The Republic (Four Papers), Church 
Review, 1853. 

Letters, Lectures, &c. — 1. Letter on Dr. Muhlen- 
berg's Memorial, 1856. 2. Memorial of Carey and 
Patterson, 1858. 3. Letter to Father Nestor, 1865. 

4. Exposition of The General Convention of 1865. 

5. The Moravian Episcopate, 1866. 6. Speech at To- 



212 ARTHUR CLEVELAND COXE. 

ronto, 1866. 7. Signs of the Times (Four Lectures), 
1869. 8. Contribution to The Church and The Age, 
London, 1872. 9. Contribution to " Union Chretienne," 
Paris, 1872. 10. Contribution to "lew Englander," 
1874. 11. Contribution to " Princeton Review," 1878. 

Poems.— 1. Advent, a Mystery, 1837. 2. Athwold, 
(Three Cantos,) 1838. 3. Christian Ballads, 1840. 4. 
Athanasion, 1840. 5. Athanasion, and other Poems, 
1842. 6. Halloween, 1844, (privately printed in 1842). 
7. Saul, a Mystery, 1845. 8. The Ladye Chace, 1877, 
an improved and enlarged edition of " Athwold," after 
its suppression for forty years. 

Bishop Coxe's " Christian Ballads" were republished 
in England in 1849, and " revised editions" have 
appeared and re-appeared in England and America in 
constant succession. 

Note. — In 1851 while Rector of S. John's Church, 
Hartford, he made the tour of Europe. In 1869 he 
went again, and again in June, 1870. In 1872 the 
charge of " The Churches in Haiti" was committed 
to him, and in November of that year he went out to 
attend to the organization of the Churches there. In 
Port-au-Prince he Consecrated the Church of The 
Holy Trinity, (built in memory of Bishop Burgess,) 
Ordained six Priests and five Deacons, held a Convo- 
cation, and administered Confirmation. On his return 
he visited Jamaica, and officiated there. This work 
was in the charge of Bishop Coxe until the Consecra- 
tion of Bishop Holly, a.d. 1874. 



No. 75. 
THE RIGHT REVEREND 

CHARLES TODD QUINTARD, S.T.D., LL.D. 

The second Bishop of Tennessee, was born in Stam- 
ford, Connecticut, on the 22d day of December, a.d. 
1824. 

He graduated at The University of New York, as 
Doctor of Medicine, a.d. 1846. 

In 1847 he was appointed Physician of The New 
York Dispensary, and in 1851 Professor of Physi- 
ology and Anatomy in the Medical College, Memphis, 
Tennessee. Shortly after his removal to Tennessee he 
relinquished his Profession, and began the study of 
Theology. 

Ordered Deacon in Calvary Church, Memphis, Ten- 
nessee, on the 1st day of January, a.d. 1855, by The 
Right Rev. James Hervey Otey, S.T.D., LL.D. 

Ordained Priest in the same Church on the 6th day 
of January, a.d. 1856, by the same Prelate. 

In 1858 he became the Rector of The Church of The 
Advent, Nashville, Tennessee. " During the Civil War 
he was a Chaplain in the Confederate Army. 

Consecrated Bishop of Tennessee in S. Luke's 
Church, Philadelphia, on the 11th day of October, 
a.d. 1865, by The Right Rev. John Henry Hopkins, 
D.D., LL.D., assisted by The Right Rev. George Bur- 

213 



214 CHARLES TODD QUINTARD. 

gess, S.T.D., LL.D., The Right Rev. Thomas At- 
kinson, D.D., The Right Rev. Gregory Thurston 
Bedell, D.D., The Right Rev. "William Henry Oden- 
heimer, D.D., The Right Rev. William Bacon Stevens, 
D.D., and The Right Rev. Arthur Cleveland Coxe, 
S.T.D., together with The Right Rev. Francis Fulforcl, 
D.D., Bishop of Montreal, Canada, and Metropolitan. 

He received the Degree of Doctor of Sacred The- 
ology from Columbia College, ~New York, a.d. 1866, 
and that of Doctor of Laws from The University of 
Cambridge, England, a.d. 1867. 

Whitings. — 1. A Plain Tract on Confirmation. 2. 
A Preparation for Confirmation, occasional Sermons, 
Addresses to his Convention, and Pastoral Letters. In 
his early life he was a constant contributor to Medical 
journals. 



3STo. 76. 

THE RIGHT REVEREND 

ROBERT HARPER CLARKSON, D.D., LL.D. 

The first Bishop of Nebraska, was born in Gettysburg, 
Pennsylvania, on the 19th day of November, a.d. 1826. 

He graduated at Pennsylvania College, Gettysburg, 
a.d. 1844, and studied Theology at S. James' College, 
Hagerstown, Maryland, under the direction of The 
Eev. J. B. Kerfoot, afterwards Bishop of Pittsburg. 

Ordered Deacon in The College Chapel, Hagerstown, 
on the 18th day of June, a.d. 1848, by The Eight Rev. 
William Rollinson "Whittingham, S.T.D. 

Ordained Priest in The Chapel of Jubilee College, 
Illinois, on the 5th day of January, a.d. 1851, by The 
Eight Eev. Philander Chase, S.T.D. , LL.D. 

He became the Rector of S. James' Church, Chicago, 
Illinois, a.d. 1849, where he remained until his elevation 
to the Episcopate. 

He was a Deputy to the General Convention from 
the Diocese of Illinois during a period of fifteen years, 
and at the time of his election to the Episcopate was 
the Assistant Secretary of the House of Clerical and 
Lay Deputies. 

Consecrated Missionary Bishop of Nebraska and 
Dakota in S. James' Church, Chicago, on the 15th 
day of November, a.d. 1865, by The Eight Eev. John 

215 



216 ROBERT HARPER CLARKSOJW 

Henry Hopkins, D.D., LL.D., assisted by The Right 
Rev. Jackson Kemper, S.T.D., The Right Rev. Samuel 
Allen McCoskry, S.T.D., D.C.L., The Right Rev. Henry 
Washington Lee, S.T.D., The Right Rev. Henry Ben- 
jamin Whipple, D.D., and The Right Rev. Joseph 
Cruikshank Talbot, D.D. 

He received the Degree of Doctor in Divinity from 
Racine College, a.d. 1857, and that of Doctor of Lawb 
from The University of Nebraska, a.d. 1872. 

In 1868 that portion of the Jurisdiction included in 
the State of Nebraska was. organized into a Diocese, 
and admitted into union with the General Convention. 
Bishop Clarkson was elected the Bishop of the new 
Diocese, and accepted the office in the spring of 1870, 
retaining the Missionary Jurisdiction of Dakota until 
the autumn of 1883. 

Bishop Clarkson died on the 10th day of March, 
a.d. 1884, and was buried in the Cathedral Grounds at 
Omaha. 

Writings. — 1. Sermon — " Shall this House lie 
Waste?" 1850. 2. Sermon— " Consider the Years,'' 
1859. 3. Sermon— " What am I that I should with- 
stand God ?" 1865. 4. A Memorial Sketch of Bishop 
White, 1876. 5. A Paper before The Historical Society 
of Chicago, in memoriam, W. B. Ogden, Esq., 1877. 



Ho. 7v. 

THE RIGHT REVEREND 

GEORGE MAXWELL RANDALL, S.T.D. 

The first Missionary Bishop of Colorado, with juris- 
diction in adjacent Territories, was born in "Warren, 
Rhode Island, on the 23d day of November, a.d. 1810. 

He graduated at Brown University, Providence, 
Rhode Island, a.d. 1835, and at The General Theolo- 
gical Seminary, New York, a.d. 1838. 

Ordered Deacon in S. Mark's Church, Warren, 
Rhode Island, on the 17th day of July, a.d. 1838, by 
The Right Rev. Alexander Viets Griswold, S.T.D. 

Ordained Priest in the same place on the 2d day of 
November, a.d. 1839, by the same Prelate. 

His first pastoral work was as the Rector of The 
Church of The Ascension, Fall River, Massachusetts. 
In 1844 he removed to Boston, and became the Rector 
of The Church of The Messiah, which position he 
occupied until his elevation to the Episcopate. 

He received the Degree of Doctor of Sacred The- 
ology from Brown University, a.d. 1856. 

He was a Deputy from the Diocese of Massachusetts 
1o the General Convention, from 1850 to 1865, inclu- 
sive. In 1862 he was chosen as the Secretary to the 
House of Clerical and Lay Deputies, and again in 

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218 GEORGE MAXWELL RANDALL. 

1865. He had previously been the Assistant Secre- 
tary. 

Consecrated Missionary Bishop of Colorado in 
Trinity Church, Boston, on the 28th day of December, 
a.d. 1865, by The Right -Rev. John Henry Hopkins. 
D.D., LL.D., assisted by Tb^ Right Rev. Benjamin 
Bosworth Smith, S.T.I)., The Right Rev. Manton 
Eastburn, S. T.D., The Right Iuw. Carlton Chase, 
D.D., The Right Rev. Thomas March Clark, S.T.D., 
The Right Rev. Thomas Hubbard Yail, S.T.D., to- 
gether with The Right Rev. Thomas Nettleship Staley, 
D.D., the Bishop of Honolulu, in the Sandwich Islands. 

Bishop Randall died in Denver, Colorado, on the 
28th day of September, a.d. 1873, and was buried in 
"Warren, Rhode Island. 

Writings. — Sermons, Essays, Addresses, Lectures, 
Articles for Newspapers and Reviews, and Editorials 
in The Christian "Witness and Church Advocate, of 
which paper he was Chief Editor for many years. A 
little Tract, " Why I am a Churchman," written by 
him, has passed to its ninety-fourth edition. 

Note. — While he was a Student in The General The- 
ological Seminary, with some of his fellow-students he 
gathered a few children in an old building, and started 
a Sunday-school. A lot of land was leased, and a 
small wooden Chapel built. From this beginning 
sprang " Calvary Church," New York. 



!N"o. -78. 
THE RIGHT REVEREND 

JOHN BARRETT KERFOOT, S.T.D., LL.D. 

The first Bishop of Pittsburg, was born in Dublin, 
Ireland, on the 1st clay of March, a.d. 1816. 

He was brought to the United States in 1819, and 
settled at Lancaster, Pennsylvania. 

He graduated at Flushing Institute, (afterwards S. 
"Paul's College,) at Flushing, Long Island, a.d. 1834. 

Ordered Deacon in S. George's Church, Flushing, 
on the 1st clay of March, a.d. 1837, by The Eight Eev. 
Benjamin Tredwell Onderdonk, S.T.D. 

Ordained Priest in the same Church on the 1st clay 
of March, a.d. 1840, by the same Prelate. 

He was Assistant Professor of Latin and Greek, and 
Chaplain in S. Paul's College, from 1837 until 1842, 
when he removed to Maryland and became the Rector 
of S. James' College, Hagerstown, where he remained 
until 1864, when he was chosen President of Trinity 
College, Hartford, Connecticut. Two years later he 
was elected as the first Bishop of Pittsburg, a new See 
which had been created in the western portion of the 
Diocese of Pennsylvania, a.d. 1865. 

He received the Degree of Doctor of Sacred The- 
ology from Columbia College, New York, a.d. 1850, 
and from Trinity College, Hartford, Connecticut, a.d. 

219 



220 JOHN BARRETT KERFOOT. 

1865. The Degree of Doctor of Laws was conferred 
upon him by The University of Cambridge, England, 
a.d. 1867. 

Consecrated Bishop of Pittsburg in Trinity Church, 
Pittsburg, on the 25th day of January, a.d. 1866, by 
The Eight Rev. John Henry Hopkins, D.D., LL.D., 
assisted by The Right Rev. Charles Pettit McRvaine, 
S.T.D., LL.D., The Right Rev. ¥m. Rollinson Whit- 
tingham, S.T.D., LL.D., The Right Rev. John Wil- 
liams, S.T.D., LL.D., The Right Rev. Joseph Cruik- 
shank Talbot, D.D., LL.D., The Right Rev. Arthur 
Cleveland Coxe, D.D., LL.D., and The Right Rev. 
Robert Harper Clarkson, D.D. 

Writings. — 1. Several Sermons preached in The 
Chapel of The College of S. James, and at Convoca- 
tions in Maryland. 2. Lecture on the Inspiration of 
The Holy Scriptures, delivered in the Course of Lec- 
tures on the Evidences of Christianity, Philadelphia, 
1853-4. 3. Inauguration Address as President of 
Trinity College. 4. Convention Addresses and Charges, 
as Bishop of Pittsburg. 5. Semi-Centennial Sermon 
before the Board of Missions, a.d. 1871. 6. Sermon 
preached at the Consecration of Bishop Armitage, 

1866. 7. Sermon preached at the Consecration of 
Bishop Pinkney, 1870. 

Bishop Kerfoot died at Myersville, Somerset County, 
Pennsylvania, on the 10th day of July, a.d. 1881, and 
was buried at Home wood Cemetery, Pittsburg 



No. 79. 

THE RIGHT REVEREND 

CHANNING MOORE WILLIAMS, S.T.D. 

The second Missionary Bishop to China, and the first 
Missionary Bishop of Yedo, with jurisdiction in Japan, 
was born in Richmond, Virginia, on the 18th day of 
July, a.d. 1849. 

He graduated at The College of William and Mary, 
Williamsburg, Virginia, a.d. 1853, and at The Theo- 
logical Seminary of Virginia, Alexandria, a.d. 1855. 

Ordered Deacon in S. Paul's Church, Alexandria, 
on the 1st day of July, a.d. 1855, by The Right Rev. 
William Meade, D.D. 

In November, 1855, he sailed for China as a Mis- 
sionary under the direction of Bishop Boone. 

Ordained Priest in the Mission Chapel, Shanghai, 
China, on the 11th day of January, a.d. 1857, by The 
Right Rev. William Jones Boone, D.D. 

At the request of the Foreign Committee of the 
Board of Missions, he was shortly afterward transferred 
to Japan. 

Consecrated Missionary Bishop to China, with juris- 
diction in Japan, in S. John's Chapel, New York, on 
the 3d day of October, a.d. 1866, by The Right Rev. 
John Henry Hopkins, D.D., LL.D., assisted by The 
Right Rev/ Alfred Lee, S.T.D. , The Right Rev. John 

19* 221 



222 CHANNING MOORE WILLIAMS. 

Johns, S.T.D., The Right Rev. John Payne, D.D., The 
Right Rev. Horatio Potter, S.T.D., LL.D., and The 
Right Rev. Henry Benjamin "Whipple, D.D. 

He received the Degree of Doctor of Sacred The- 
ology from Columbia College, New York, a.d. 1867. 

At the meeting of the General Convention in 1874 
Bishop "Williams was relieved of the China Mission, 
and his title changed to that of Missionary Bishop of 
Yedo, with jurisdiction in Japan. 

Bishop Williams resigned in October, 1889, and his 
resignation was accepted by the House of Bishops. 



:n"o. so. 

THE RIGHT REVEREND 

JOSEPH PERE BELL WILMER, D.D. 

The second Bishop of Louisiana, was born in Swedes- 
borough, E~ew Jersey, on the 11th day of February, 
a.d. 1812. 

He graduated at The University of Virginia, a.d. 
1831, at Kenyon College, Gambier, Ohio, a.d. 1833, and 
at The Theological Seminary of Virginia, a.d. 1834. 

Ordered Deacon in S. Paul's Church, Alexandria, 
Virginia, on the 10th day of July, a.d. 1834, by The 
Right Rev. Richard Channing Moore, D.D. 

Ordained Priest in S. Paul's Church, Petersburg, 
Virginia, in May, a.d. 1838, by the same, Prelate. The 
day of the month is not known. 

Prom 1834 to 1838 he was settled in S. Anne's Parish, 
Albemarle, Virginia, after which he became the Chap- 
lain of The University of Virginia, at Charlottesville. 
In 1839 he was appointed Chaplain in the United 
States Army. In 1843 he resigned, and took charge 
of Hungar's Parish, Northampton County, Virginia, 
after which he became the Rector of S. Paul's Church, 
Goochland County. In 1848 he removed to Pennsyl- 
vania, and became the Rector of S. Mark's Church, 
Philadelphia, which position he held until the break- 
ing out of the Civil War, when he retired to his own 
estate in Virginia, where he remained until his eleva- 
tion to the Episcopate. 

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224 JOSEPH PERE BELL WILMER. 

He received the Degree of Doctor in Divinity from 
Union College, Schenectady, New York, a.d. 1857. 

Consecrated Bishop of Louisiana in Christ Church, 
Few Orleans, on the 7th day of November, a.d. 1866, 
by The Eight Rev. John Henry Hopkins, D.D., LL.D., 
assisted by The Right Rev. William Mercer Green, 
D.D., The Right Rev. Richard Hooker Wilmer, D.D., 
and The Right Rev. Charles Todd Qnintard, S.T.D. 

"Writings. — Occasional Sermons, Episcopal Ad- 
dresses, and Pastoral Letters. 

Bishop Wilmer died suddenly, of apoplexy, in the 
city of New Orleans, on the 2d day of December, a.d. 
1878, and was buried at Greenmount Cemetery, Balti- 
more, Maryland. 



TSTo. B3- 
THE RIGHT REVEREND 

GEORGE DAVID CUMMINS, S.T.D. 

Assistant Bishop of Kentucky, was born in Kent 
County, Delaware, on the 11th day of December, a.d. 
1822. 

He graduated at Dickinson College, Carlisle, Penn- 
sylvania, a.d. 1841. 

Ordered Deacon in S. Andrew's Church, Wilming- 
ton, Delaware, on the 26th day of October, a.d. 1845, 
by The Right Rev. Alfred Lee, S.T.D. 

Ordained Priest in the same Church on the 6th day 
of July, a.d. 1847, by the same Prelate. 

He was successively Rector of Christ Church, Nor- 
folk, Virginia, S. James' Church, Richmond, Virginia, 
Trinity Church, Washington, District of Columbia, S. 
Peter's Church, Baltimore, Maryland, and Trinity 
Church, Chicago, Illinois. 

He received the Degree of Doctor of Sacred The- 
ology from The College of New Jersey, Princeton, 
a.d. 1857. 

Consecrated Assistant Bishop of Kentucky in Christ 
Church, Louisville, on the 15th day of November, a.d. 
1866, by The Right Rev. John Henry Hopkins, D.D., 
LL.D., assisted by The Right Rev. Benjamin Bosworth 

K* 225 



226 GEORGE DAVID CUMMINS. 

Smith, S.T.D., The Eight Rev. Henry "Washington 
Lee, S.T.D., The Right Rev. Joseph Cruikshank Tal- 
bot, D.D., The Right Rev. Charles Todd Quintard, 
S.T.D., The Right Rev. Robert Harper Clarkson, D.D., 
and The Right Rev. John Barrett Kerfoot, S.T.D. 

In November, 1873, he sent a letter to the Presiding 
Bishop resigning his office and withdrawing from the 
Church. 

In December, 1873, he held in New York, a meeting 
preliminary to the founding of the Schismatic body 
now known by the name of The Reformed Episcopal 
Church. 

He was formally Deposed by The Right Rev. Ben- 
jamin Bosworth Smith, S.T.D., LL.D., on the 24th 
day of June, a.d. 1874. 

He died at Lutherville, Baltimore County, Maryland, 
on the 26th clay of June, a.d. 1876. 



No. 83. 
THE RIGHT REVEREND 

WILLIAM EDMOND ARMITAGE, S.T.D. 

The second Bishop of "Wisconsin, was born in the City 
of New York on the 6th day of September, a.d. 1830. 

He graduated at Columbia College, New York, a.d. 
1849, and at The General Theological Seminary, a.d. 
1852. 

Ordered Deacon in The Church of The Transfigura- 
tion, New York, on the 27th day of June, a.d. 1852, 
by The Eight Eev. Carlton Chase, D.D. 

Ordained Priest in S. Mark's Church, Augusta, 
Maine, on the 27th day of September, a.d. 1854, by 
The Eight Eev. George .Burgess, S.T.D. 

He was the Assistant Minister at S. John's Church, 
Portsmouth, New Hampshire, then Eector of S. Mark's 
Church, Augusta, Maine, after which he became the 
Eector of S. John's Church, Detroit, Michigan, where 
he remained until his elevation to the Episcopate. 

He received the Degree of Doctor of Sacred The- 
ology from Columbia College, New York, a.d. 1866. 

Consecrated Assistant Bishop of Wisconsin in S. 
John's Church, Detroit, Michigan, on the 6th day of 
December, a.d. 1866, by The Eight Eev. Jackson Kem- 
per, S.T.D., assisted by The Eight Eev. Samuel Allen 

227 



228 WILLIAM EDMOND ARMITAQE. 

McCoskry, S.T.D., D.C.L., The Eight Rev. Henry 
Washington Lee, S.T.D., The Right Rev. Henry Ben- 
jamin Whipple, D.D., The Right Rev. Joseph Cruik- 
shank Talbot, D.D., The Right Rev. Arthur Cleveland 
Coxe, S.T.D., The Right Rev. Robert Harper Clark- 
son, D.D., The Right Rev. John Barrett Kerfoot, S.T.D., 
and The Right Rev. George David Cummins, S.T.D., 
together with The Right Rev. Benjamin Cronyn, D.D., 
the Bishop of Huron, Canada. 

Upon the death of Bishop Kemper, a.d. 1870, he 
became the Bishop of Wisconsin. 

Bishop Armitage died in S. Luke's Hospital, New 
York, on the 7th day of December, a.d. 1873, and was 
buried at Detroit, Michigan. 



No. 83. 
THE RIGHT REVEREND 

HENKY ADAMS NEELY, S.T.D. 

The second Bishop of Maine, was born in Fayetteville, 
Onondaga County, New York, on the 14th day of May, 
a.d. 1830. 

He graduated at Geneva (now Hobart) College, 
Geneva, New York, a.d. 1849, and was Tutor in the 
same College from 1850 to 1852. 

Ordered Deacon in Trinity Church, Geneva, on the 
19th day of December, a.d. 1852, by The Eight Rev. 
William Heathcote De Lancey, S.T.D. , D.C.L. 

Ordained Priest in Trinity Church, Utica, New York, 
on the 18th clay of June, a.d. 1854, by the same Pre- 
late. 

He was Rector of Calvary Church, Utica, 1853-55, 
Christ Church, Rochester, from October, 1855, to Octo- 
ber, 1862, Chaplain of Hobart College from October, 
1862, to October, 1864. Removed to New York and 
became an Assistant Minister in Trinity Church with 
. charge of Trinity Chapel, where he remained until his 
elevation to the Episcopate. 

He received the Degree of Doctor of Sacred The- 
ology from Hobart College, a.d. 1866. 

Consecrated Bishop of Maine in Trinity Chapel, New 

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230 HENRY ADAMS NEELY. 

York, on the 25th day of January, a.d. 1867, by The 
Eight Eev. John Henry Hopkins, D.D., LL.D., assisted 
by^The Eight Eev. John "Williams, S.T.D., LL.D., The 
Eight Eev. Horatio Potter, S.T.D., LL.D., The Eight 
Eev. "William Henry Odenheimer, D.D., The Eight 
Eev. Robert Harper Clarkson, D.D., and The Right 
Eev. George Maxwell Randall, S.T.D. 

Upon his removal to Maine he became the Eector 
of S. Luke's Church, Portland. "S. Luke's became the 
Cathedral Parish of the Diocese, and a proper Cathe- 
dral Church was erected, which was Consecrated on 
The Feast of S. Luke, October 18th, 1877. 

Writings. — A few occasional Sermons, Addresses 
to his Convention, and Papers in Periodicals. 



ISTo. »<*. 
THE RIGHT REVEREND 

DANIEL SYLVESTER TUTTLE, S.T.D. 

Missionary Bishop of Montana, Idaho, and Utah, and 
third Bishop of Missouri, was born in Windham, 
Greene County, New York, on the 26th day of Jan- 
uary, a.d. 1837. 

He graduated at Columbia College, New York, a.d. 
1857, and at The General Theological Seminary, a.d. 
1862. 

Ordered Deacon in The Church of The Transfigu- 
ration, New York, on the 29th day of June, a.d. 1862, 
by The Eight Eev. Horatio Potter, S.T.D., LL.D., 
D.C.L. 

Ordained Priest in Zion Church, Morris, Otsego 
County, New York, on the 19th day of July, a.d. 
1863, by the same Prelate. 

He went to Morris while in Deacon's Orders as the 
Assistant Minister, and upon the death of the Rector 
he became the Rector of the Parish, and remained there 
until his elevation to the Episcopate. 

He received the Degree of Doctor of Sacred The- 
ology from Columbia College, New York, a.d. 1866. 

Consecrated Missionary Bishop of Montana, Idaho, 
and Utah, in Trinity Chapel, New York, on the 1st 
day of May, a.d. 1867, by The Right Rev. John Henry 

231 



232 DANIEL SYLVESTER TUTTLE. 

Hopkins, D.D., LL.D., assisted by The Right Rev. 
Horatio Rotter, S.T.D., LL.D., D.C.L., The Right Rev. 
William Henry Odenheimer, D.D., The Right Rev. 
George Maxwell Randall, S.T.D., The Right Rev. 
John Barrett Kerfoot, S.T.D., and The Right Rev. 
Henry Adams Neely, S.T.D. 

In 1886, Bishop Tuttle was elected Bishop of Mis- 
souri, which election was accepted, and upon his 
entrance to that Diocese he became its third Bishop. 



THE RIGHT REVEREND 

JOHN FREEMAN YOUNG, S.T.D. 

The second Bishop of Florida, was born in Pittston, 
Kennebec County, Maine, on the 30th day of October, 
a.d. 1820. 

He was a student in the Wesleyan Seminary, Read- 
field, Maine, and subsequently entered the Wesleyan 
University in Middletown, Connecticut, where he be- 
came a convert to the Church. He removed to Virginia, 
and entered the Theological Seminary of Virginia, 
near Alexandria, where he graduated a.d. 1845. 

Ordered Deacon in S. Michael's Church, Bristol, 
Rhode Island, on the 20th clay of April, a.d. 1845, 
by The Right Rev. John Prentiss Kewley Henshaw, 
D.D. 

Ordained Priest in S. John's Church, Tallahassee, 
Florida, on the 11th day of January, a.d. 1846, by The 
Right Rev. Stephen Elliott, Jr., D.D. 

Shortly after his Ordination to the Diaconate he 
removed to Florida, and upon his Ordination to the 
Priesthood he became the Rector of S. John's Church, 
Jacksonville. In December, 1846, he removed to 
Texas, and was engaged in Missionary work in Bra- 

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234 JOHN FREEMAN YOUNG. 

zoria County until November, 1850. He was the Sec- 
retary of the Convention which met in 1848, for the 
organization of the Diocese of Texas. In November, 
1850, he removed to Mississippi, and settled in Living- 
ston, Madison County. In 1852 he removed to Louis- 
iana, and settled at Napoleonville, Assumption Parish. 
Subsequently he removed to New York City, and be- 
came an Assistant Minister in Trinity Parish, wher^ 
he remained until his elevation to the Episcopate. 

He was the Secretary of the Kusso-Greek Commit- 
tee, and Editor of the papers issued by that Committee. 
In 1864 he visited Bussia for the purpose of advancing 
the movement towards a restoration of inter-com- 
munion with the Eastern Church. 

He received the Degree of Doctor of Sacred The- 
ology from Columbia College, New York, a.d. 1865. 

Consecrated Bishop of Florida in Trinity Church, 
New York, on the 25th day of July, a.d. 1867, by The 
Right Rev. John Henry Hopkins, D.D., LL.D., assisted 
by The Eight Eev. John Payne, D.D., The Eight Eev. 
Alexander Gregg, D.D., The Eight Eev. William 
Henry Odenheimer, D.D., The Eight Eev. Eichard 
Hooker "Wilmer, D.D., and The Eight Eev. George 
David Cummins, S.T.D. 

Writings. — Occasional Sermons, Addresses to his 
Convention, and a Devotional Manual for Candidates 
for Confirmation. He also edited " Hymns and Music 
for the Young," in two volumes, which passed through 
several editions. 

Bishop Young died in New York, Nov. 15th, a.d. 
1885, and was buried at Jacksonville, Florida. 



ISO. 86. 

THE RIGHT REVEREND 

JOHN WATRUS BECKWITH, S.T.D. 

The second Bishop of Georgia, was Lorn in Raleigh, 
North Carolina, on the 9th day of February, a.d. 1831. 

He graduated at Trinity College, Hartford, Connec- 
ticut, a.d. 1852. 

Ordered Deacon in S. James' Church, Wilmington, 
North Carolina, on the 24th day of May, a.d. 1854, by 
The Right Rev. Thomas Atkinson, S.T.D. 

Ordained Priest in Emmanuel Church, Warrenton, 
North Carolina, on the 20th day of May, a.d. 1855, by 
the same Prelate. 

His first Pastoral work was in Calvary Church, 
Wadesboro', North Carolina. He removed to Mary- 
land, and became the Rector of All-Hallows Parish, 
Anne Arundel County. 

At the beginning of the Civil War he removed to 
Mississippi, and was made the Rector of. All-Hallows' 
Church, Washington County. Removing to Alabama, 
he became the Rector of Trinity Church, Demopolis. 

At the close of the war he removed to Louisiana, 
and became the Rector of Trinity Church, New Or- 
leans, where he remained until his elevation to the 
Episcopate. 

He received the Decree of Doctor of Sacred The- 



236 JOHN WATRUS BECK WITH. 

ology from Trinity College, Hartford, Connecticut, 
a.d. 1868, and that of Doctor in Divinity from The 
University of Georgia during the same year. 

Consecrated Bishop of Georgia in S. John's Church, 
Savannah, on the 2d day of April, a.d. 1868, by The 
Right Rev. William Mercer Green, D.D., assisted by 
The Right Rev. Thomas Atkinson, S.T.D., LL.D., The 
Right Rev. Richard Hooker Wilmer, D.D., The Right 
Rev. John Pcre Bell Wilmer, D.D., and The Right Rev. 
John Freeman Young, S.T.D. 

Writings. — 1. Convention Addresses. 2. Lenten 
Charges. 3. Occasional Sermons. 4. Two Contro- 
versial Pamphlets. 

Bishop Beckwith died at Atlanta, Georgia, Nov. 23, 
1890. 



No. 87. 
THE RIGHT REVEREND 

FRANCIS McNEECE WHITTLE, D.D., LL.D. 

The fifth Bishop of Virginia, was born in Mecklen- 
burg County, Virginia, on the 7th day of July, a.d. 
1823. 

He graduated at The Theological Seminary of Vir- 
ginia, Alexandria, a.d. 1847. 

Ordered Deacon in S. Paul's Church, Alexandria, 
on the 16th day of July, a.d. 1847, by The Eight Rev. 
William Meade, D.D. 

Ordained Priest in S. John's Church, Charleston, 
Virginia, on the 8th day of October, a.d. 1848, by the 
same Prelate. 

In October, 1847, he became the Rector of Kanawha 
Parish, Kanawha County, Virginia. 

In October, 1849, he became the Rector of S. James' 
Church, Northam Parish, Goochland County, Virginia. 

In October, 1852, he became the Rector of Grace 
Church, Berryville, Virginia. 

In October, 1857, he became the Rector of S. Paul's 
Church, Louisville, Kentucky, which position he held 
until April, a.d. 1868. 

At the Council of the Diocese of Virginia, May 17th, 
a.d. 1867, he was elected Assistant Bishop. 

237 



238 FRANCIS M'NEECE WHITTLE. 

Consecrated Assistant Bishop of Virginia ini S. Paul's 
Church, Alexandria, Virginia, on the 30th day of April, 
a.d. 1868, by The Eight Eev. John Johns, S.T.D., 
LL.D., assisted by The Eight Eev. Alfred Lee, S.T.D.. 
and The Eight Eev. Gregory Thurston Bedell, D.D., 
LL.D. 

He received the Degree of Doctor in Divinity from 
The Theological Seminary of Ohio, a.d. 1867, and that 
of Doctor of Laws from The College of William and 
Mary, a.d. 1873. 

Upon the death of Bishop Johns, April 5th, a.d. 
1876, he became the Bishop of Virginia. 

In 1877 the State known as West Virginia was 
erected into a new Diocese, entitled The Diocese of 
West Virginia. 



No. 8S. 
THE RIGHT REVEREND 

WILLIAM HENRY AUGUSTUS BISSELL, D.D. 

The second Bishop of Vermont, was born in Ran- 
dolph, Vermont, on the 10th day of November, a.d 
1814. 

He graduated at The University of Vermont, Bur- 
lington, a.d. 1836. 

Ordered Deacon in Calvary Church, New York, on 
the 29th day of September, a.d. 1839, by The Right 
Rev. Benjamin Tredwell Onderdonk, S.T.D. 

Ordained Priest in Christ Church, Troy, New York, 
on the 2d day of August, a.d. 1840, by the same Pre- 
late. 

He was Rector of Trinity Church, "West Troy, New 
York, from 1841 to 1845, of Grace Church, Lyons, New 
York, from 1845 to 1848, and of Trinity Church, Ge- 
neva, New York, from 1848 until his elevation to the 
Episcopate. 

Consecrated Bishop of Vermont in Christ Church, 
Montpelier, Vermont, on the 3d day of June, a.d. 1868. 
by The Right Rev. Samuel Allen McCoskry, S.T.D.,' 
D.C.L., assisted by The Right Rev. John Williams, 
S.T.D., The Right Rev. Horatio Potter, S.T.D., LL.D., 

239 



240 WILLIAM HENRY AUGUSTUS BISSELL. 

The Bight Rev. Arthur Cleveland Coxe, S.T.D., and 
The Right Rev. Henry Adams Neely, S.T.D. 

He received the Degree of Doctor in Divinity from 
The Norwich University, Vermont, a.d. 1852, from 
Hobart College, a.d. 1868, and from The University 
of Vermont, a.d. 1876. 



UNTo. 89. 
THE RIGHT REVEREND 

CHARLES FRANKLIN ROBERTSON, S.T.D. 

The second Bishop of Missouri, was born in the City 
of New York on the 2d day of March, a.d. 1835. 

He graduated at Yale College, New Haven, Connec- 
ticut, a.d. 1859, and at The General Theological Semi- 
nary, New York, a.d. 1862. 

Ordered Deacon in The Church of The Transfigura- 
tion, New York, on the 29th day of June, a.d. 1862, 
by The Eight Kev. Horatio Potter, D.D., LL.D. 

Ordained Priest in S. Mark's Church, Malone, New 
York, on the 23d day of October, a.d. 1862, by the 
same Prelate. 

Rector of S. Mark's Church, Malone, until Septem- 
ber 1st, 1868, when he accepted an election to the Rec- 
torship of S. James' Church, Batavia, New York. 

Consecrated Bishop of Missouri in Grace Church, 
New York, on the 25th day of October, a.d. 1868, by The 
Right Rev. Benjamin Bosworth Smith, S.T.D. , LL.D., 
assisted by The Right Rev. Samuel Allen McCoskry, 
S.T.D., LL.D., The Right Rev. John Johns, S.T.D., 
The Right Rev. HenryWashington Lee, S.T.D., The 
Right Rev. Horatio Potter, S.T.D., LL.D., D.C.L., 

l 21 241 



242 CHARLES FRANKLIN ROBERTSON. 

and The Right Eev. Henry Champlin Lay, S.T.D., 
LL.D. 

He received the Degree of Doctor of Sacred The- 
ology from Columbia College, New York, a.d. 1868. 

Writings. — A number of Sermons, Addresses, and 
Miscellaneous Papers. 

Bishop Robertson died at St. Louis, May 1st, a.d. 
1886. 



ISTo. 90. 

THE RIGHT REVEREND 

BENJAMIN WTSTAR MORRIS, S.T.D. 

The second Missionary Bishop of Oregon and of 
Washington Territory, was born in Wellsboro', Penn- 
sylvania, on the 30th day of May, a.d. 1819. 

lie graduated at The General Theological Seminary, 
New York, a.d. 1846. 

Ordered Deacon in S. Philip's Church, Philadelphia, 
on the 28th day of June, a.d. 1846, by The Right Rev. 
Alonzo Potter, D.D. 

Ordained Priest in S. Matthew's Church, Sunbury, 
Pennsylvania, on the 27th day of April, a.d. 1847, by 
the same Prelate. 

He was Rector of S. Matthew's Church, Sunbury, 
four years, after which he became the Rector of S. 
David's Church, Manayunk, where he remained six 
years, when he was made Assistant Minister of S. 
Luke's Church, Germantown, where he remained until 
his elevation to the Episcopate. 

Consecrated Missionary Bishop of Oregon and of 
Washington Territory in S. Luke's Church, Philadel- 
phia, on the 3d day of December, a.d. 1868, by The 
Right Rev. Alfred Lee, S.T.D., assisted by The Right 
Rev. William Henry Odenheimer, D.D., D.C.L., The 

243 



244 BENJAMIN WISTAR MORRIS. 

Right Rev. Thomas Hubbard Vail, S.T.D., LL.D., The 
Right Rev. Robert Harper Clarkson, D.D., The Right 
Rev. George Maxwell Randall, S.T.D., and The Right 
Rev. John Barrett Kerfoot, S.T.D. 

He received the Degree of Doctor of Sacred The- 
ology from Columbia College, New York, and that 
of Doctor in Divinity from The University of Penn- 
sylvania, a.d. 1868. 

This jurisdiction was made a Diocese, in October, 
a.d. 1889. 



No. 91. 

THE RIGHT REVEREND 

ABRAM NEWKIRK LITTLEJOHN, D.D. 

The first Bishop of Long Island, was born in Florida, 
Montgomery County, New York, on the 13th day of 
December, a.d. 1824. 

He graduated at Union College, Schenectady, New 
York, a.d. 1845. 

Ordered Deacon in S. Peter's Church, Auburn, New 
York, on the 19th day of March, a.d. 1848, by The 
Eight Rev. William Heathcote De Lancey, S.T.D. 

Ordained Priest in Christ Church, Hartford, Con- 
necticut, on the 12th day of June, a.d. 1849, by The 
Eight Eev. Thomas Church Brownell, S.T.D. 

Upon his Ordination to the Diaconate, he took 
charge of S. Ann's Church, Amsterdam, and shortly 
afterwards removed to Connecticut, and took charge 
of S. Andrew's Church, Meriden. In February, 1850, 
he removed to Massachusetts, and became the Eector 
of Christ Church, Springfield. In June, 1851, he 
returned to Connecticut, and became the Eector of 
S. Paul's Church, New Haven. 

In 1858 he was elected President of Geneva (now 
Hobart) College, but declined. He was Lecturer on 
Pastoral Theology in Berkeley Divinity School, Mid- 
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246 ABRAM NEWKIRK LITTLEJOHN. 

dletown, Connecticut, for a period of seven years. In 
1860 tie removed to New York, and became Hector 
of The Church of The Holy Trinity, Brooklyn, which 
position he held until his elevation to the Episcopate. 

He received the Degree of Doctor in Divinity from 
The University of Pennsylvania, a.d. 1855. In 1868 
he was elected Bishop of Central New York, but 
declined. 

Consecrated Bishop of Long Island in The Church 
of The Holy Trinity, Brooklyn, on the 27th day of 
January, a.d. 1869, by The Right Rev. Horatio Potter, 
S.T.D., LL.D., D.C.L., assisted by The Right Rev. 
John Johns, S.T.D., The Right Rev. William Henry 
Odenheimer, D.D., D.C.L., The Right Rev. Arthur 
Cleveland Coxe, S.T.D., LL.D., The Right Rev. Robert 
Harper Clarkson, D.D., The Right Rev. George Max- 
well Randall, S.T.D., The Right Rev. John Barrett 
Kerfoot, S.T.D., The Right Rev. Henry Adams Neely, 
S.T.D., and The Right Rev. Benjamin Wistar Morris, 
S.T.D. 

In 1874 he was appointed by the Presiding Bishop 
to take charge of the American Episcopal Churches on 
the Continent of Europe. 

Writings. — -Besides Charges, Addresses, and occa- 
sional Sermons, his contributions to current literature 
embrace Critiques, Essays, and Reviews, entitled: 1. 
The Philosophy of Religion. 2. The Metaphysics of 
Cousin. 3. The Life and Writings of S. T. Coleridge. 
4. The Poetry of George Herbert. 5. Sir James 
Stephen's Lectures on the History of France. 6. 
Roger's Eclipse of Faith. 7. The Bible and Com- 
mon Sense. 8. The Outwardness of Popular Religion. 



ABRAM NEWKIRK LITTLEJOHN. 247 

9 Human Progress dependent on Tradition rather 
than Invention. 10. Thoughts and Inquiries on the 
Alt Catholic Movement. 11. Discourse at the Conse- 
cration of S. Paul's Church "Within the "Walls, Rome, 
Italy. 12. Essay before The Church Congress, New 
York, 1877. 13. Christian Dogma Essential, 1882. 
14. Condones Ad Clerum, 1880. 15. Discourses on 
Individualism, before the University of Cambridge, 
England, 1880. 16. The Christian Ministry at the 
close of the Nineteenth Century. — Lectures before the 
General Theological Seminary, New York, on the 
"Bishop Paddock Foundation," 1884. 

At the close of his lectures before the University 
of Cambridge, A.r>. 1881, he received the Degree of 
Doctor of Laws. 



No. 92. 
THE RIGHT REVEREND 

WILLIAM CROSWELL DOANE, S.T.D. 

The first Bishop of Albany, was born in Boston, Mas- 
sachusetts, on the 2d day of March, a.d. 1832. 

He graduated at Burlington College, Burlington, 
!New Jersey, a.d. 1850. 

Ordered Deacon in S. Mary's Church, Burlington, 
on the 6th day of March, a.d. 1853, by his father, The 
Eight Rev. George Washington Doane, S.T.D. , LL.D. 

Ordained Priest in the same Church on the 16th day 
of March, a.d. 1856, by the same Prelate. 

During his Diaconate he served as his father's 
Curate at S. Mary's Church. 

In 1856 he took charge of S. Barnabas' Church in 
Burlington. 

In 1859, upon the death of his father, he became 
the Rector of S. Mary's Church. 

In the spring of 1861 he removed to Connecticut, 
and became the Rector of S. John's Church, Hartford. 

In 1867 he removed to New York and became the 
Rector of S. Peter's Church, Albany, where he re- 
mained until his elevation to the Episcopate. 

He received the Degree of Doctor of Sacred The- 
ology from Columbia College, New York, a.d. 1867. 

248 



WILLIAM CROSWELL DOANE. 249 

Consecrated Bishop of Albany in S. Peter's Church, 
Albany, on the 2d day of February, a.d. 1869, by The 
Right Rev. Horatio Potter, S.T.D., LL.D., D.C.L., 
assisted by The Right Rev. William Henry Oden- 
heimer, D.D., D.C.L., The Right Rev. Henry Adams 
Neely, S.T.D., The Right Rev. Charles Franklin Rob- 
ertson, S.T.D., and The Right Rev. Abram Newkirk 
Littlejohn, S.T.D. 

Writings. — 1. Occasional Sermons. 2. Convention 
Addresses. 3. Addresses to the Graduating Class of 
S. Agnes' School. 4. A Volume of Questions on the 
Collects, Epistles, and Gospels. 5. The Life and Writ- 
ings of his father, The Right Rev. George Washing 
ton Doane, S.T.D. , LL.D., the second Bishop of New 
Jersey, 4 vols. 8vo. 



IN"o. 93. 

THE RIGHT REVEREND 

FREDERIC DAN HUNTINGTON, S.T.D. 

The first Bishop of Central New York, was born in 
Hadley, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, on the 28th 
day of May, a.d. 1819. 

He graduated at Amherst College, Amherst, Massa- 
chusetts, a.d. 1839, and at the Divinity School of Har- 
vard University, a.d. 1842. 

He was Minister of a Unitarian Congregation in 
Boston for thirteen years, and from 1855 until 1860, 
Professor of Christian Morals in Harvard College, and 
Preacher to the University. 

He received the Degree of Doctor of Sacred The- 
ology from Amherst College, a.d. 1856. 

His extensive reading and careful habits of study 
led him to renounce the peculiar doctrines of the 
Unitarians and apply for Holy Orders. 

He was Confirmed in Christ Church, Cambridge, 
Massachusetts, on The Feast of The Annunciation, 
a.d. 1860, by The Right Rev. Manton Eastburn, 
S.T.D. . 

Ordered Deacon in Trinity Church, Boston, on the 
12th day of September, a.d. 1860, by The Right Rev. 
Manton Eastburn, S.T.D. 

250 



FREDERIC DAN HUNTINGTON. 251 

Ordained Priest in The Church, of The Messiah, 
Boston, on the 19th day of March, a.d, 1861, by the 
same Prelate. 

He organized Emmanuel Church, Boston, became 
the Hector of the Parish, and remained there until his 
elevation to the Episcopate. 

Consecrated Bishop of Central New York in Em- 
manuel Church, Boston, on the 8th day of April, a.d. 
1869, by The Eight Eev. Benjamin Bosworth Smith, 
S.T.D., LL.D., assisted by The Eight Eev. Manton 
Eastburn, S.T.D., LL.D., The Eight Eev. Horatio 
Potter, S.T.D., LL.D., D.C.L., The Eight Eev. 
Thomas March Clark, S.T.D., LL.D., The Eight Eev. 
Arthur Cleveland Coxe, S.T.D., LL.D., The Eight Eev. 
Henry Adams Neely, S.T.D., The Eight Eev. Benjamin 
Wistar Morris, S.T.D., and The Eight Eev. "William 
Croswell Doane, S.T.D. 

Wkitings. — 1. Sermons for the People, 12mo., 1856. 
2. Lessons on The Parables of Our Saviour, 1856. 3. 
Christian Believing and Living. 4. Home and Col- 
lege Unconscious Tuition. 5. Lowell and Graham 
Lectures on the Divine Aspects of Human Society. 
6. Helps to a Holy Lent. 7. Christ and the "World — 
A Charge to his Clergy. 8. Christ in the Christian 
Year, and in the Life of Man. 9. A large number of 
Sermons, Discourses and Lectures, and also extended 
and various contributions to Periodicals, Magazines, 
and Newspapers. 10. Compiler (with Dr. Hedge) of 
Hymns for The Church of Christ, 11. Elim, and 
Lyra Domestica, two volumes of Poetry. 12. Editor 
of Martyria, Euthanasy, Christianity the Deliverance 
of the Soul and its Life — the American edition of 



252 FREDERIC DAN HUNTINGTON. 

the "Works of The Rev. ¥m. Mountford. 13. Editor 
of an American edition of Archbishop Whateley's 
Christian Morals. 14. Editor of The Church Monthly 
Magazine — now extinct. 



IN"o. 94. 

THE RIGHT REVEREND 

OZI WILLIAM WHITAKEK, D.D. 

First Missionary Bishop of Nevada, and fifth Bishop 
of Pennsylvania, was born in Few Salem, Massachu- 
setts, on the 10th day of May, a.d. 1830. 

He graduated at Middlebury College, Vermont, a.d. 
1856. 

For nearly four years he was the Principal of the 
High School in North Brookfield, Massachusetts. 

Graduated at The General Theological Seminary, 
New York, a.d. 1863. 

Ordered Deacon in Grace Church, Boston, Mas- 
sachusetts, on the 15th day of July, a.d. 1863, by The 
Eight Rev. Manton Eastburn, S.T.D. 

Ordained Priest in S. Stephen's Chapel, Boston, on 
the 7th day of August, a.d. 1863, by the same Prelate. 

He proceeded at once to Nevada, and became the 
Rector of " The Parish of S. John," Gold-Hill. In 
1865 he returned to the East, and became the Rector 
of S. Paul's Church, Englewood, New Jersey. In 
1867 he returned to Nevada, and became the Rector 
of S. Paul's Church, Virginia City. 

He was elected Missionary Bishop of Nevada by 
both Houses of the General Convention in S. John's 
Chapel, New York, a.d. 1868. 

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254 OZI WILLIAM WH1TAKER. 

He received the Degree of Doctor in Divinity from 
Kenyon College, Gambier, Ohio, a.d. 1869. 

Consecrated Missionary Bishop of Nevada in S. 
George's Church, New York, on the 13th day of Oc- 
tober, a.d. 1869, by The Right Rev. Charles Pettit 
Mcllvaine, S.T.D., LL.D., assisted by The Right Rev. 
Horatio Potter, S.T.D., LL.D., D.C.L., The Right 
Rev. Manton Eastburn, S.T.D., LL.D., The Right 
Rev. "William Henry Odenheimer, D.D., D.C.L., and 
The Right Rev. Joseph Cruikshank Talbot, D.D., 
LL.D. 

His only published writings are a few occasional 
Sermons. 

Bishop Whitaker was elected Assistant Bishop of 
Pennsylvania in 1886, and became the Bishop upon 
the death of Bishop Stevens in June, 1887. 



ISTo. 95. 
THE RIGHT REVEREND 

HENRY NILES PIERCE, D.D., LL.D. 

The fourth Missionary Bishop of Arkansas and the 
Indian Territory, was born in Pawtucket, Rhode 
Island, on the 19th day of October, a.d. 1820. 

He graduated at Brown University, Providence, 
Rhode Island, a.d. 1842. 

Ordered Deacon in Christ Church, Matagorda, Texas, 
on the 23d day of April, a.d. 1843, by The Bight Bev. 
G-eorge Washington Freeman, D.D. 

Ordained Priest in the same Church on the 3d day 
of January, a.d. 1849, by the same Prelate. 

He spent his Diaconate in Missionary work in Wash- 
ington County, Texas, and after his Ordination to the 
Priesthood he remained for some time in the same 
position. Subsequently he removed to Alabama, and 
became the Rector of S. John's Church, Mobile. In 
1868 he removed to Blinois, and became the Bector of 
S. Paul's Church, Springfield, which position he occu- 
pied at the time of his election to the Episcopate. 

He received the Degree of Doctor in Divinity from 
The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, a.d. 1862, and 
that of Doctor of Laws from The College of William 
and Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia, a.d. 1869. 

255 



256 HENRY NILES PIERCE. 

Consecrated Missionary Bishop of Arkansas and the 
Indian Territory in Christ Church, Mobile, Alabama, 
on the 25th day of January, a.d. 1870, by The Right 
Rev. William Mercer Green, D.D., assisted by The 
Right Rev. Henry John Whitehouse, LL.D., D.D. 
Oxon., D.C.L., The Right Rev. Richard Hooker Wil- 
mer, D.D., The Right Rev. Charles Todd Quintard, 
S.T.D., LL.D., The Right Rev. Joseph Pere Bell Wil- 
mer, D.D., and The Right Rev. John Freeman Young, 
S.T.D. 

Writings. — Various occasional Sermons, Essays, 
Addresses, &c, and some translations. 1 small vol- 
ume of Poems, 1883. 



No. 96. 
THE RIGHT REVEREND 

WILLIAM WOODRUFF NILES, S.T.D. 

The second Bishop of New Hampshire, was born in 
Hatley, Province of Lower Canada (now Quebec), on 
the 24th day of May, a.d. 1832. 

He graduated at Trinity College, Hartford, Con- 
necticut, a.d. 1857, and at The Berkeley Divinity 
School, Middletown, Connecticut, a.d. 1861. 

Ordered Deacon in The Church of The Holy Trinity, 
Middletown, on the 22d day of May, a.d. 1861, by The 
Right Eev. John "Williams, S.T.D. 

Ordained Priest in S. Philip's Church, Wiscasset, 
Maine, on the 14th day of May, a.d. 1862, by The 
Right Rev. George Burgess, S.T.D. 

During the year following his graduation he was a 
Tutor in Trinity College. After his Ordination to the 
Diaconate he removed to Maine, where he took charge 
of S. Philip's Church, Wiscasset, and upon his Ordina- 
tion to the Priesthood he became the Rector. In 1864 
he returned to Connecticut, and became Professor of 
the Latin Language and Literature in Trinity Col- 
lege, which Chair he retained until his elevation to 
the Episcopate. 

During the two years next preceding his Consecra- 

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258 WILLIAM WOODRUFF NILES. 

tion he held the Rectorship of S. John's Church, 
"Warehouse Point, together with his Professorship. 

Consecrated Bishop of New Hampshire in S. Paul's 
Church, Concord, New Hampshire, on the 21st day of 
September, a.d. 1870, by The Eight Rev. Benjamin 
Bosworth Smith, S.T.D., LL.D., assisted by The Right 
Rev. John Williams, S.T.D., LL.D., The Right Rev. 
Henry Adams Neely, S.T.D., The Right Rev. William 
Henry Augustus Bissell, D.D., and The Right Rev. 
William Croswell Doane, S.T.D., together with The 
Right Rev. James William Williams, D.D., the Bishop 
of Quebec. 

At the time of his Consecration, and for some years 
after, Bishop Mies was a British subject. 

He received the Degree of Doctor of Sacred The- 
ology from Trinity College, Hartford, a.d. 1870. 

Writings. — Addresses to his Convention. Essays 
and Contributions to the Press. During a part of the 
time he was Professor at Trinity College, he was the 
Editor of " The Churchman." - 



JSJo. 97. 
THE RIGHT REVEREND 

WILLIAM PINKNEY, D.D., LL.D. 

The fifth Bishop of Maryland, was born in Annapolis, 
Maryland, on the 17th day of April, a.d. 1810. 

He graduated at S. John's College, Annapolis, a.d. 
1827. 

Ordered Deacon in Christ Church, Cambridge, Dor- 
chester County, Maryland, on the 12th day of April, 
a.d. 1835, by The Right Rev. "William Murray Stone, 
D.D. 

Ordained Priest in All Saints' Church, Frederick, on 
the 27th day of May, a.d. 1836, by the same Prelate. 

He took charge of Somerset and Coventry Parishes 
for a few months, when he removed to Bladensburg, 
where he became the Rector of S. Matthias' Church. 
Subsequently he removed to "Washington, District of 
Columbia, where he became the Rector of The Church 
of The Ascension, which position he occupied until his 
elevation to the Episcopate. 

He received the Degree of Doctor in Divinity from 
S. John's College, Annapolis, Maryland, a.d. 1855. 
The Degree of Doctor of Laws was conferred upon 
him by Columbia University, Washington, District of 
Columbia, and by The College of William and Mary, 
Williamsburg, Virginia, a.d. 1873 

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2G0 WILLIAM PINKNEY. 

Consecrated Assistant Bishop of Maryland in The 
Church of The Epiphany, Washington, District of 
Columbia, on the 6th day of October, a.d. 1870, by 
The Right Rev. Benjamin Bosworth Smith, S.T.D., 
LL.D., assisted by The Right Rev. John Johns, S.T.D., 
The Right Rev. Thomas Atkinson, S.T.D., LL.D., The 
Right Rev. "William Henry Odenheimer, D.D., D.C.L., 
The Right Rev. Henry Champlin Lay, S.T.D., LL.D., 
The Right Rev. William Bacon Stevens, D.D., LL.D., 
The Right Rev. Charles Todd Quintard, S.T.D., LL.D., 
and The Right Rev. John Barrett Kerfoot, S.T.D., 
LL.D. 

Upon the death of Bishop Whittingham, October 
17th, 1879, he became the Bishop of Maryland. 

Bishop Pinkney died at Cockeyville, Maryland, on 
the 4th day of July, a.d. 1883. The body was deposited 
in a vault at Oak Hill Cemetery, and subsequently 
buried in the Old Brick Church-yard, Blenheim, 
Maryland. 



No. 98. 
THE RIGHT REVEREND 

WILLIAM BELL WHITE HOWE, D.D., S.T.D. 

The sixth Bishop of South Carolina, was born in 
Claremont, New Hampshire, on the 31st day of March, 
a.d. 1823. 

He graduated at The University of Vermont, Bur- 
lington, Vermont, a.d. 1844. 

Ordered Deacon in S.- Philip's Church, Charleston, 
South Carolina, on the 9th day of April, a.d. 1847, by 
The Eight Rev. Christopher Edwards Gadsden, D.D. 

Ordained Priest in S. Stephen's Chapel, Charleston, 
on the 3d day of June, a.d. 1849, by the same Prelate. 

He became the Rector of S. John's, Berkeley, South 
Carolina, in 1848, and remained there twelve years. 
In 1860 he removed to Charleston, and became the 
Assistant Minister at S. Philip's Church, succeeding 
to the Rectorship in 1863, which position he held until 
his elevation to the Episcopate. 

He received the Degree of Doctor in Divinity from 
The University of The South, Sewanee, Tennessee, a.d. 
1871, and that of Doctor of Sacred Theology from 
Columbia College, New York, a.d. 1872. 

Consecrated Bishop of South Carolina in S. Paul's 
Church, Baltimore, Maryland, on the 8th day of Octo- 
ber, a.d. 1871, by The Right Rev. Benjamin Bosworth 

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262 WILLIAM BELL WHITE HOWE. 

Smith, S.T.D., LL.D., assisted by The Eight Rev. Wil- 
liam Rollinson Whittingham, S.T.D., LL.D., The Right 
Rev. Thomas Frederick Davis, S.T.D., The Right Rev. 
Thomas Atkinson, S.T.D., and The Right Rev. Alex- 
ander Gregg, D.D., together with The Right Rev. 
George Augustus Selwyn, D.D., Bishop of Litchfield, 
England, and The Right Rev. Addington Robert Peel 
Yenables, D.D., Bishop of Nassau, West Indies. 

Writings. — He has published little beyond one or 
two occasional Sermons, Addresses to his Convention, 
&c. 



No. 99. 
THE RIGHT REVEREND 

MARK ANTONY DeWOLFE HOWE, S.T.D., LL.D. 

The first Bisliop of Central Pennsylvania, was born in 
Bristol, Rhode Island, on the 5th day of April, a.d. 
1809. 

He graduated at Brown University, Providence, 
Rhode Island, a.d. 1828. 

Ordered Deacon in S. Michael's Church, Bristol, on 
the 15th day of January, a.d. 1832, by The Right Rev. 
Alexander Yiets Griswold, S.T.D. 

Ordained Priest in Grace Church, Boston, on the 12th 
day of March, a.d. 1833, by the same Prelate. 

He officiated for three months in 1832 in S. Mat- 
thew's Church, South Boston. In October of the same 
year he became the Rector of S. James' Church, Rox- 
bury, (now Highland District, 'Boston,) where he re- 
mained three years. He then became the Editor of 
The Christian Witness, and Rector of Christ Church, 
Cambridge. He returned to the Rectorship of S. James' 
Church in the autumn of 1836, and continued in that 
work until 1846, when he removed to Pennsylvania and 
became the Rector of S. Luke's Church, Philadelphia, 
where he remained until his elevation to the Episco- 
pate. 

263 



264 MARK ANTONY DE WOLFE HOWE. 

In 1850 lie was a Deputy from the Diocese of Penn- 
sylvania to the General Convention, which met that 
year in Cincinnati, Ohio, and was made Secretary to 
the House of Clerical and Lay Deputies, which office 
he held for twelve years. 

He was elected as Deputy to the General Conven- 
tion from the same Diocese, for every session from 
1850, until and including that of 1871. 

In 1865 he was elected Missionary Bishop to Nevada, 
hut declined. 

He received the Degree of Doctor of Sacred The- 
ology from Brown University, Providence, Rhode 
Island, a.d. 1848, and that of Doctor of Laws from 
The University of Pennsylvania, a.d. 1876. 

Consecrated Bishop of Central Pennsylvania in S. 
Luke's Church, Philadelphia, on the 28th day of De- 
cemher, a.d. 1871, hy The Right Rev. Benjamin Bos- 
worth Smith, S.T.D., LL.D., assisted hy The Right 
Rev. Charles Pettit Mcllvaine, S.T.D., LL.D., The 
Right Rev. Alfred Lee, S.T.D., The Right Rev. Horatio 
Potter, S.T.D., LL.D., D.C.L., The Right Rev. Thomas 
March Clark, S.T.D., LL.D., The Right Rev. Gregory 
Thurston Bedell, D.D., The Right Rev. John Barrett 
Kerfoot, S.T.D., LL.D., and The Right Rev. Benjamin 
Wistar Morris, S.T.D. 

"Writings. — 1. Essays and Fugitive Pieces in Yerse. 
2. A Pamphlet on the Right of The Eastern Diocese 
to Elect an Assistant Bishop, 1837. 3. A Review of 
the Report of the Boston School Committee, 1845. 4. 
A Pamphlet in Vindication of the Missionary Associa- 
tion for the "West, 1857. 5. Preface to Butler's edi- 
tion of Bishop Heher's Poems, 1857. 6. Several 



MARK ANTONY DE WOLFE HOWE. 265 

occasional Sermons. 7. The Sermon before the Conven- 
tion of the Diocese of Pennsylvania, 1859. 8. Memoir 
of The Right Rev. Alonzo Potter, D.D., 1870. 

Note. — The Diocese of Central Pennsylvania was 
organized a.d. 1871, and consists of all that portion of 
the State of Pennsylvania lying east of the Counties 
of McKean, Cameron, Clearfield, Cambria, and Som- 
erset, excluding the Counties of Philadelphia, Bucks, 
Montgomery, Delaware, and Chester. 



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No. lOO. 
THE RIGHT REVEREND 

WILLIAM HOBART HARE, S.T.D. 

Missionary Bishop of South Dakota, was born in 
Princeton, New Jersey, on the 17th day of May, a.d. 
1838. 

He entered The University of Pennsylvania, but, on 
account of serious trouble with his eyes, was obliged 
to withdraw before graduation. 

Ordered Deacon in S. Matthew's Church, Philadel- 
phia, (Francisville,) on the 19th day of June, a.d. 1859, 
by The Eight Eev. Samuel Bowman, S.T.D. 

Ordained Priest in S. Paul's Church, Chestnut Hill, 
Pennsylvania, on the 25th day of May, a.d. 1862, by 
The Eight Eev. Alonzo Potter, D.D., LL.D. 

He was the Assistant Minister at S. Luke's Church, 
Philadelphia, from June, 1859, until May, 1861, when 
he became the Eector of S. Paul's Church, Chestnut 
Hill. In 1863 he resigned S. Paul's, and took charge 
of S. Luke's Church, Philadelphia, during the absence 
of the Eector. 

In 1864 he became the Eector of The Church of 
The Ascension, Philadelphia, where he remained until 
he was appointed Secretary and General Agent of the 
Foreign Committee of the Board of Missions. This 
position he held until his elevation to the Episcopate. 

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WILLIAM HOB ART HARE. 267 

In 1871 lie was elected by the House of Bishops, 
Missionary Bishop to Cape Palmas and parts adjacent 
in West Africa, but an earnest protest being sent to 
the Bishops from the House of Deputies, the nomina- 
tion was withdrawn. 

At a special meeting of the House of Bishops held 
in New York, October, a.d. 1872, he was elected Mis- 
sionary Bishop of Niobrara. 

He received the Degree of Doctor of Sacred The- 
ology from Trinity College, Hartford, Connecticut, 
and Columbia College, New York, and that of Doctor 
in Divinity from Kenyon College, Gambier, Ohio, a.d. 
1872. 

Consecrated Missionary Bishop of Niobrara in S. 
Luke's Church, Philadelphia, on the 9th day of Janu- 
ary, a.d. 1873, by The Right Rev. Benjamin Bosworth 
Smith, S.T.D., *LL.D., assisted by The Eight Rev. 
Alfred Lee, S.T.D., The Right Rev. John Williams, 
S.T.D., LL.D., The Right Rev. Horatio Potter, S.T.D., 
LL.D., D.C.L., The Right Rev. William Henry Oden- 
heimer, D.D., D.C.L., and The Right Rev. William 
Bacon Stevens, D.D., LL.D. 

In the autumn of 1888, the Indian Missionary Juris- 
diction of Niobrara was changed and extended. The 
new Jurisdiction includes all that portion of the Terri- 
tory of Dakota lying south of the 46th parallel, and 
the Santee Indian Reservation in Nebraska. 

By a vote of the House of Bishops, Bishop Hare 
was placed in charge, under the title of " Missionary 
Bishop of South Dakota." 



No. lOl. 

THE RIGHT REVEREND 

JOHN GOTTLIEB AUER, S.T.D. 

The second Missionary Bishop of Cape Palmas and 
parts adjacent in "West Africa, was born in Neubulach, 
in Wurtemberg, on the 18th day of November, a.d. 
1832. 

In November, a.d. 1854, he was entered as a Student 
in the Mission School at Basle. 

In 1858 he went to Africa, and became a teacher 
in the Seminary of a German Mission at Akrapong, 
among the Akrapim Mountains. 

In 1862 he left this Mission and attached himself to 
the work under Bishop Payne, at Cavalla. 

Ordered Deacon in The Church of The Epiphany, 
Cavalla, Africa, on the 20th day of April, a.d. 1862, 
by The Right Rev. John Payne, D.D. 

Ordained Priest in the same Church on the same 
day, and by the same Prelate. 

He received the Degree of Doctor of Sacred The- 
ology from Columbia College, a.d. 1873. 

Consecrated Missionary Bishop for Cape Palmas 
and parts adjacent in Western Africa in S. John's 
Church, Georgetown, District of Columbia, on the 
17th day of April, a.d. 1873, by The Right Rev. Ben- 

268 



JOHN GOTTLIEB AVER. 269 

janim Bosworth Smith, S.T.D., LL.D., assisted by The 
Eight Eev. Alfred Lee, S.T.D., The Right Eev. John 
Johns, S.T.D., The Eight Eev. John Payne, D.D., 
The Eight Eev. William Edmoncl Armitage, S.T.D., 
and The Eight Eev. William Pinkney, D.D. 

Bishop Auer died at Cavalia, Africa, on the 16th 
day of February, a.d. 1874. 



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No. lO^. 
THE RIGHT REVEREND 

BENJAMIN HENRY PADDOCK, S.T.D. 

The fourth Bishop of Massachusetts, was born in 
Norwich, Connecticut, on the 29th clay of February, 
A.n. 1828. 

He graduated at Trinity College, Hartford, a.d. 1848, 
and at The General Theological Seminary, New York, 
a.d. 1852. 

Ordered Deacon in Christ Church, Stratford, Con- 
necticut, on the 29th day of June, a.d. 1852, by The 
Eight Eev. Thomas Church Brownell, S.T.D. , LL.D. 

Ordained Priest in Trinity Church, Norwich, Con- 
necticut, on the 27th day of September, a.d. 1853, by 
The Eight Eev. John Williams, S.T.D. 

He spent a portion of his Diaconate as the Assistant 
Minister in The Church of The Epiphany, New York. 
In the spring of 1853 he removed to Maine and be- 
came the Rector of S. Luke's Church, Portland, but 
the rigor of the climate compelled him to abandon this 
work, and he returned to Connecticut. In the autumn 
of 1853 he became the Rector of Trinity Church, Nor- 
wich, of which Parish, his father The Rev. Seth B. 
Paddock was the Rector for twenty-two years. He 
remained in Norwich nearly seven years, and then 
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BENJAMIN HENRY PADDOCK. 271 

removed to Michigan, where he became the Rector 
of Christ Church, Detroit. In May, 1869, he removed 
to New York and became the Rector of Grace Church, 
Brooklyn, Long Island, where he remained until his 
elevation to the Episcopate. 

He received the Degree of Doctor of Sacred The- 
ology from Trinity College, Hartford, a.d. 1867. 

Consecrated Bishop of Massachusetts in Grace 
Church, Brooklyn, on the 17th day of September, 
a.d. 1873, by The Right Rev. Benjamin Bosworth 
Smith, S.T.D., LL.D., assisted by The Right Rev. 
Alfred Lee, S.T.D., The Right Rev. John Williams, 
S.T.D., LL.D., The Right Rev. William Bacon Stevens, 
D.D., LL.D., The Right Rev. Abram EewHrk Little- 
john, S.T.D., and The Right Rev. Frederic Dan Hun- 
tington, S.T.D. 

Wkitings. — Occasional Articles for Reviews and 
Periodicals, Canonical Digests, Special Sermons, Col- 
legiate and other Addresses, with one Episcopal 
Charge. 



USTo. 103. 
THE RIGHT REVEREND 

THEODORE BENEDICT LYMAN, S.T.D. 

The fourth Bishop of North Carolina, was born in 
Brighton, Massachusetts, on the 27th day of Novem- 
ber, a.d. 1815. 

He graduated at Hamilton College, Clinton, New 
Fork, a.d. 1837, and at The General Theological Sem- 
inary, New York, a.d. 1840. 

Ordered Deacon in Christ Church, Baltimore, Mary- 
land, on the 20th day of September, a.d. 1840, by The 
Right Rev. William Rollinson Whittingham, S.T.D. 

Ordained Priest in S. John's Church, Hagerstown, 
on the 19th day of December, a.d. 1841, by the same 
Prelate. 

In October, 1840, he took charge of S. John's Church, 
Hagerstown, Maryland, and upon his Ordination to the 
Priesthood he became the Rector of the Parish, where 
he remained for ten years. 

In 1850 he became the Rector of Trinity Church, 
Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, succeeding Dr. Upfold, who 
had been consecrated as Bishop of Indiana. He re- 
mained in Pittsburg until 1860, when he removed to 
Europe, and was instrumental in establishing the 
" American Chapel" (now S. Paul's Church) in Rome. 

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THEODORE BENEDICT LYMAN. 273 

In the autumn of 1870 he returned to America and 
b'ecame the Rector of Trinity Church, San Francisco, 
California, where he remained until his elevation to 
the Episcopate. 

Consecrated Assistant Bishop of North Carolina in 
Christ Church, Raleigh, North Carolina, on the 11th 
day of December, a.d. 1873, by The Right Rev. Wil- 
liam. Rollinson Whittingham, S.T.D., LL.D., assisted 
by The Right Rev. Thomas Atkinson, S.T.D., LL.D., 
and The Right Rev. Henry Champlin Lay, S.T.D., 
LL.D. 

Writings. — His only published writings consist of 
a few occasional Sermons. 

Upon the death of Bishop Atkinson, January 4th, 
1881, he became the Bishop of North Carolina. 



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into. lo^r. 

THE RIGHT REVEREND 

JOHN FRANKLIN SPALDING, S.T.D. 

The second Missionary Bishop of Colorado, with, juris- 
diction in the Territory of Wyoming, was born in Bel- 
grade, Maine, on the 25th day of August, a.d. 1828. 

He graduated at Bowdoin College, Brunswick, 
Maine, a.d. 1853, and at The General Theological 
Seminary, New York, a.d. 1857. 

Ordered Deacon in S. Stephen's Church, Portland, 
Maine, on the 8th day of July, a.d. 1857, by The Eight 
Rev. George Burgess, S.T.D. 

Ordained Priest in Christ Church, Gardiner, Maine, 
on the 14th day of July, a.d. 1858, by the same Prelate. 

He was Missionary at S. James' Church, Olcltown, 
Maine, for two years ; Rector of S. George's Church, 
Lee, Massachusetts, from August 1st, 1859, until No- 
vember 1st, 1860 ; Assistant Minister at Grace Church, 
Providence, Rhode Island, from November 1st, 1860, 
to November 1st, 1861 ; officiated for two months in S. 
John's Church, Providence, Rhode Island, and in 
April, 1862, became the Rector of S. Paul's Church, 
Erie, Pennsylvania, Diocese of Pittsburg, where he 
remained until his elevation to the Episcopate. 

Consecrated Missionary Bishop of Colorado, with 

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JOHN FRANKLIN SPALDING. 275 

jurisdiction in Wyoming, in S. Paul's Church, Erie, on 
the 31st day of December, a.d. 1873, by The Right 
Rev. Samuel Allen McCoskry, S.T.D., D.C.L., assisted 
by The Right Rev. Gregory Thurston Bedell, D.D., 
The Right Rev. Joseph Cruikshank Talbot, D.D., 
LL.D., The Right Rev. Arthur Cleveland Coxe, 
S.T.D., LL.D., and The Right Rev. John Barrett Ker- 
foot, S.T.D., LL.D. 

Whitings. — A Devotional Manual, a few Tracts, oc- 
casional Sermons, Essays, Addresses, &c. 



No. 105. 
THE RIGHT REVEREND 

EDWARD RANDOLPH WELLES, S.T.D. 

The third Bishop of Wisconsin, and first of " Mil- 
waukee," was born in Waterloo, Ontario County, New 
York, on the 10th day of January, a.d. 1830. 

He graduated at Geneva (now Hobart) College, 
Geneva, New York, a.d. 1850. 

He begun the study of Law, but after a few months 
he decided to apply for Holy Orders, and after admis- 
sion as a Candidate pursued his Theological studies 
under the direction of the Bishop of Western New 
York. 

Ordered Deacon in Trinity Church, Geneva, New 
York, on the 20th day of December, a.d. 1857, by The 
Eight Rev. William Heathcote De Lancey, S.T.D. , 
LL.D., D.C.L. 

Ordained Priest in S. Paul's Church, Waterloo, New 
York, on the 12th day of September, a.d. 1858, by the 
same Prelate. 

During his Diaconate, in connection with the duties 
of a Tutor in De Veaux College, he gave Sunday ser- 
vice at S. Paul's Church, Lewiston, Christ Church, 
Lockport, and The Church of The Epiphany, Suspen- 
sion Bridge. 

On the 3d day of October, a.d. 1858, he began his 
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EDWARD RANDOLPH WELLES. 277 

Pastoral work, at Red Wing, Minnesota, which was fol- 
lowed by the organization of the Parish of Christ 
Chnrch, Red Wing, of which he became the Rector, 
and which position he held nntil his elevation to the 
Episcopate. 

He was several times a Deputy to the General Con- 
vention from Minnesota, and for some years the Secre- 
tary of the Diocesan Convention, in the same Diocese. 

He received the Degree of Doctor of Sacred Theology 
from Racine College, Racine, Wisconsin, a.d. 1874. 

Consecrated Bishop of Wisconsin in S. Thomas' 
Chnrch, New York, on the 24th day of October, a.d. 
1874, by The Right Rev. Benjamin Bosworth Smith, 
S.T.D., LL.D., assisted by The Right Rev. John Wil- 
liams, S.T.D., LL.D., The Right Rev. Thomas Atkin- 
son, S.T.D., LL.D., and The Right Rev. Henry Ben- 
jamin Whipple, D.D., together with The Right Rev. 
Reginald Conrtenay, D.D., the Bishop, of Kingston, 
Jamaica, West Indies. 

During the year following his Consecration, the 
Diocese of Fond du Lac was created from the north- 
ern portion of his jurisdiction. Bishop Welles elected 
to remain in the old Diocese, and The Rev. J. H. Ho- 
bart Brown, S.T.D., was elected as the Bishop of the 
new See. 

Writings. — A few occasional Sermons. A Fare- 
well Sermon, preached at Red Wing, 1874, and the 
Sermon preached at the Consecration of The Bishop of 
Xllinois, a.d. 1875. Addresses to his Convention, &c. 

Bishop Welles died at Waterloo, 'New York, October 
19th, a.d. 1888, and was buried at Milwaukee. 

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ISTo. 106. 
THE RIGHT REVEREND 

ROBERT WOODWARD BARNWELL ELLIOTT, D.D. 

The first Bishop of a Missionary jurisdiction created 
m General Convention, a.d. 1874, consisting of the 
Counties lying south and west of, and including Cal- 
houn, Jackson, Lavaca, Gonzales, Caldwell, Hays, 
Blanco, Llano, San Saba, McCulloch, Concho, Tom 
Green, Pecos, and El Paso, in the State of Texas, and 
entitled The Missionary Jurisdiction of Western Texas. 

He was horn in Beaufort, South Carolina, on the 
16th day of August, a.d. 1840, and graduated at South 
Carolina College, Columbia, a.d. 1861. 

Ordered Deacon in S. Peter's Church, Rome, Georgia, 
on the 4th day of August, a.d. 1868, by The Right Rev. 
Charles Todd Quintard, S.T.D., LL.D. 

Ordained Priest in Christ Church, Savannah, Georgia, 
on the 9th day of April, a.d. 1871, by The Right Rev. 
John Watrous Beckwith, S.T.D. 

From the 1st of August, 1868, until the 1st of 
September, 1870, he had charge of the Mission Stations 
of Centreville, Kingston, Dalton, and Cave Spring, in 
the Diocese of Georgia. From November, 1870, until 
May, 1871, he was the Assistant Minister in The Church 
of The Incarnation, in the City of New York, and from 
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ROBERT WOODWARD BARNWELL ELLIOTT. 279 

May, 1871, until October, 1871, lie had charge of The 
Chapel of The Reconciliation in the same city. In 
October, 1871, he returned to Georgia, and became 
the Rector of S. Philip's Church, Atlanta, where he 
remained until his elevation to the Episcopate. 

He received the Degree of Doctor in Divinity from 
The University of The South, Sewanee, Tennessee, 
a.d. 1874. 

Consecrated Missionary Bishop of Western Texas 
in S. Philip's Church, Atlanta, Georgia, on the 15th 
day of November, a.d. 1874, by The Right Rev. Alex- 
ander Gregg, D.D., assisted by The Right Rev. Richard 
Hooker Wilmer, D.D., The Right Rev. Charles Todd 
Quintard, S.T.D., LL.D., The Right Rev. John Wat- 
rous Beckwith, S.T.D., and The Right Rev. William 
Bell White Howe, D.D. 

Writings. — 1. Prize Essay, South Carolina College, 
1861. 2. Sermon before The Society for the Increase 
of The Ministry, 1876. 3. Addresses before The Con- 
vocation of Western Texas, 1875, 1876, 1877. 

Bisbop Elliott died at Sewanee, Tennessee, Aug. 
26th, a.d. 1887, and was buried there. 



JSo. lOT. 
THE RIGHT REVEREND 

JOHN HENRY DUCACHET WINGFIELD, D.D., LL.I). 

The first Missionary Bishop of a jurisdiction created 
in 1874, by the division of the Diocese of California, 
at the southern line of the Counties of Sonoma, Napa, 
Solano, Sacramento, Amador, and Eldorado, and en- 
titled " The Missionary District of Northern Cali- 
fornia," was born in Portsmouth, Virginia, on the 
24th day of September, a.d. 1833. 

His early education was superintended by a private 
tutor. At the age of thirteen he entered S. Timothy's 
College, Maryland, where he graduated a.d. 1850. He 
was appointed Tutor, and remained through two scho- 
lastic terms. In 1852 he entered the Senior class of 
The College of William and Mary, at Williamsburg, 
Virginia, where he graduated, a.d. 1853. In the au- 
tumn of 1853 he returned to S. Timothy's College, 
and continued his work as a teacher for one year. In 
the autumn of 1854 he removed to New York, and 
became a Tutor in The Churchill Military Academy, 
at Sing Sing. 

In 1855 he entered The Theological Seminary of 
Virginia, at Alexandria. In 1856 he removed to 

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JOHN HENRY DUCACHET WINGFIELD. 281 

Arkansas, and became the Principal of " The Ashley 
Institute/' at Little Eock. 

Ordered Deacon in Christ Church, Little Eock, 
Arkansas, on the 17th day of January, a.d. 1858, by 
The Eight Eev. George Washington Freeman, D.D. 

Ordained Priest in The Chapel of The Theological 
Seminary of Virginia, at s Alexandria, on the 1st day 
of July, a.d. 1859, by The Eight Eev. John Johns, 
S.T.D. 

During the early part of his Diaconate he was the 
Assistant Minister in Christ Church, Little Eock. 

In July, 1858, he became the Assistant Minister 
in Trinity Church, Portsmouth, Virginia, of which 
Church his father, The Eev. John H. Wingfield, 
D.D., was the Eector. 

In 1864 he removed to Maryland, and became the 
Eector of Christ Church, Eockspring, Harford County. 

In 1866 he returned to Virginia, and again became 
the Assistant Minister of Trinity Church, Portsmouth. 

In 1868 he became the Eector of S. Paul's Church, 
Petersburg. In 1871 he founded S. Paul's School for 
young ladies, and became Eector and Professor. 

He received the Degree of Doctor in Divinity from 
The College of William and Mary, a.d. 1869, and that 
of Doctor of Laws from the same College, a.d. 1874. 

In 1874 he removed to California, and became the 
Eector of Trinity Church, San Francisco. 

During the session of the General Convention at 
New York, a.d. 1874, he was elected Missionary Bishop 
of Northern California. 

Consecrated Missionary Bishop of Northern Califor- 
nia in S. Paul's Church, Petersburg, Virginia, on the 

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282 JOHN HENRY DUCACHET WINGFIELD. 

2d day of December, a.d. 1874, by The Eight Eev. 
John Johns, S.T.D., assisted by The Right Rev. 
Thomas Atkinson, S.T.D., LL.D., The Right Rev. 
Henry Champlin Lay, S.T.D., LL.D., The Right Rev. 
William Pinkney, D.D., LL.D., and The Right Rev. 
Theodore Benedict Lyman, D.D. 

He remained in Petersburg in charge of his old 
Parish, from the time of his Consecration until April 
1st, 1875. 

Upon his removal to the jurisdiction for which he 
had been Consecrated, he became the President of The 
Missionary College of S. Augustine, at Benicia. In 
1876 he became the Rector of " S. Mary's of The Pa- 
cific," a school for girls, also located at Benicia, and 
Rector of S. Paul's Church, Benicia. 

In 1879 Bishop Wingfield was elected Bishop of 
Louisiana, which he declined. 

In 1882 he was elected Assistant Bishop of Missis- 
sippi. Declined. 

In 1886 he was elected Bishop of Easton. Declined. 



ISTo. 108. 

THE RIGHT REVEREND 

ALEXANDER CHARLES GARRETT, D.D., LL.D. 

Missionary Bishop of Northern Texas, was born in 
Ballymot, County Sligo, Ireland, on the 4th day of 
November, a.d. 1832. 

He graduated at Trinity College, Dublin, a.d. 1855, 
and took the Divinity Testimonium on the 19th of 
December in the same year. 

Ordered Deacon in The Chapel of Earnham Castle, 
Surrey, England, on the 6th day of July, a.d. 1856, 
by The Right Rev. Charles Richard Sumner, D.D., 
Bishop of Winchester. 

Ordained Priest in the same place on the 5th day of 
July, a.d. 1857, by the same Prelate. 

He held the Curacy of East Worldham, Hampshire, 
until September, 1859. On the 19th day of that month 
he sailed as a Missionary to British Columbia, where 
ne remained for ten years, occupying various positions 
in ministering to the Indians and the Whites. 

In December, 1869, he removed to California and 
became the Rector of S. James' Church, San Francisco, 
where he remained until 1872, when he removed to 
Nebraska and became Rector of Trinity Cathedral, 

283 



284 ALEXANDER CHARLES GARRETT. 

Omaha, and Dean of the Cathedral Chapter, which 
position he occupied until his elevation to the Epis- 
copate. 

He was elected Missionary Bishop by both Houses 
of the General Convention, a.d. 1874. 

Consecrated as Missionary Bishop of Northern Texas 
in Trinity Cathedral, Omaha, Nebraska, on the 20th 
day of December, a.d. 1874, by The Right Eev. Robert 
Harper Clarkson, D.D., LL.D., assisted by The Right 
Rev. Daniel Sylvester Tuttle, S.T.D., The Right Rev. 
William Hobart Hare, S.T.D., and The Right Rev. 
John Franklin Spalding, S.T.D. 

He received the Degree of Doctor in Divinity from 
Nebraska College, Nebraska City, Nebraska, a.d. 1872. 
and that of Doctor of Laws from The University of 
Mississippi, Oxford, Mississippi, a.d. 1876. 

He also received the Degree of Doctor in Divinity 
from Trinity College, Dublin, a.d. 1882. 

Whitings. — 1. A few occasional Sermons. 2. A 
Tract,— Historical Continuity. 3. A series of Sketches 
on the Church. 4. Primary Charge to the Clergy and 
Laity of Northern Texas, 1875. 



No. 109. 
THE RIGHT REVEREND 

WILLIAM FORBES ADAMS, D.D. 

The first Missionary Bishop of New Mexico and 
Arizona, and second Bishop of Easton, was born in 
Ireland on the 2d day of January, a.d. 1833. 

He came with his father to the United States in 
1841, and settled in Logan County, Kentucky. In 
1845 he removed to Clarksville, Tennessee. He 
studied privately and prepared himself for the Bar, 
to which he was admitted in Mississippi, but he began 
at once the study of Theology. 

Ordered Deacon in S. Andrew's Church, Jackson, 
Mississippi, on the 27th day of December, a.d. 1859, 
by The Right Rev. William Mercer Green, D.D. 

Ordained Priest in the same Church on the 29th day 
of July, a.d. 1860, by the same Prelate. 

He removed to Woodville, Mississippi, and became 
the Rector of S. Paul's Church, where he remained 
until 1866, when he removed to Louisiana, and on the 
1st of December in that year took charge of S. Peter's 
Church, New Orleans. In the following summer (1867) 
he became the Rector of S. Paul's Church, New Or- 
leans, where he remained until his elevation to the 
Episcopate. 

285 



^86 WILLIAM FORBES ADAMS. 

Consecrated Missionary Bishop of "New Mexico and 
Arizona in S. Paul's Church, New Orleans, on the 17th 
day of January, a%d. 1875, by The Right Rev. William 
Mercer Green, D.D., LL.D., assisted by The Right 
Rev. Joseph Pere Bell Wilmer, D.D., and The Right 
Rev. John "Watrus Beekwith, S.T.D. 

Bishop Adams sent his resignation of the jurisdiction 
to the House of Bishops in 1876, which was accepted 
in October, a.d. 1877. He subsequently became the 
Rector of Holy Trinity Church, Vicksburg, Mississippi, 
where he remained until his elevation to the Episcopate 
of Easton, a.d. 1887. 

He received the Degree of Doctor in Divinity from 
the University of the South, Sewanee, Tennessee. 



]^o. no. 

THE RIGHT REVEREND 

THOMAS UNDERWOOD DUDLEY, D.D. 

The second Bishop of Kentucky, was born in Rich- 
mond, Virginia, on the 26th day of September, a.d. 1837. 

He graduated at the University of Virginia, a.d. 1858, 
and at the Theological Seminary at Alexandria, Vir- 
ginia, a.d. 1867. 

Before entering the Ministry, lie was Professor of 
Latin and Greek in The University of Virginia, and 
during the Civil War, held a Commission in the Com- 
missary Department of the Confederate Army. 

Ordered Deacon in The Chapel of The Theological 
Seminary of Virginia, at Alexandria, Virginia, on the 
28th day of June, a.d. 1867, by The Eight Eev. John 
Johns, S.T.D. 

Ordained Priest in the same place on the 26th day 
of June, a.d. 1868, by The Right Rev. Francis Mc- 
Meece "Whittle, D.D. 

Immediately upon his Ordination to the Diaconate, 
he took charge of Harrisonburg Parish, Virginia. In 
January, 1869, he removed to Maryland, and became 
the Assistant Minister of Christ Church, Baltimore. 
Upon the death of the Rector, (a.d. 1870,) he was 
elected Rector of the Parish, where he remained until 
his elevation to the Episcopate. 

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288 THOMAS UNDERWOOD DUDLEY. 

He received the Degree of Doctor in Divinity from 
S. John's College, Annapolis, Maryland, a.d. 1874. 

Consecrated Assistant Bishop of Kentucky in Christ 
Church, Baltimore, on the 27th day of January, a.d. 
1875, by The Right Rev. Benjamin Bosworth. Smith, 
S.T.D., LL.D., assisted by The Right Rev. John 
Johns, S.T.D., The Right Rev. "William Bacon Stevens, 
D.D., LL.D., The Right Rev. William Pinkney, D.D., 
LL.D., together with The Right Rev. Isaac Helmuth, 
D.D., Bishop of Huron, Canada. 

Writings. — Several Occasional Sermons and Ad- 
dresses. A Sunday-School Question Book for The 
Christian Year. 

Upon the death of Bishop Smith in 1884, he became 
the Bishop of Kentucky. 



:no. 111. 

THE RIGHT REVEREND 

JOHN SCARBOROUGH, S.T.D. 

The fourth Bishop of New Jersey, was born in Castle- 
wellan, County Down, Ireland, on the 25th day of 
April, a.d. 1831, 

He graduated at Trinity College, Hartford, Connec- 
ticut, a,d. 1854, and at The General Theological Semi- 
nary, a.d. 1857. 

Ordered Deacon in Trinity Church, New York, on 
the 28th day of June, a.d. 1857, by The Right Rev. 
Horatio Potter, S.T.D. 

Ordained Priest in S. Paul's Church, Troy, New 
York, on the 14th day of August, a.d. 1858, by the 
same Prelate. 

His first Pastoral work was as the Assistant Minister 
m S. Paul's Church, Troy. In 1860 he became the 
Rector of The Church of The Holy Comforter, Pough- 
keepsie, New York, where he remained for seven years, 
when he removed to Pennsylvania, and became the 
Rector of Trinity Church, Pittsburg, which position 
he held until his elevation to the Episcopate. 

He was a Deputy to the General Convention from 
the Diocese of Pittsburg in 1871, and also in 1874. 

x 25 289 



290 JOHN SCARBOROUGH. 

He received the Degree of Doctor of Sacred The- 
ology from Trinity College, a.d. 1872. 

Consecrated Bishop of New Jersey in S. Mary's 
Church, Burlington, ISTew Jersey, on the 2d day of 
February, a.d. 1875, by The Right Rev. Horatio Pot- 
ter, S.T.D., LL.D., D.C.L., assisted by The Right Rev. 
William Bacon Stevens, D.D., LL.D., The Right Rev. 
John Barrett Kerfoot, S.T.D., LL.D., The Right Rev. 
Abram Newkirk Littlejohn, S.T.D., The Right Rev. 
William Croswell Doane, S.T.D., The Right Rev. Mark 
Antony DeWolfe Howe, S.T.D., and The Right Rev. 
Benjamin Henry Paddock, S.T.D. 

Writings. — A few occasional Sermons, Addresses, 
Pastoral Letters, &c. 



No. 112. 
THE RIGHT REVEREND 

GEORGE DE NORMANDIE GILLESPIE, S.T.D. 

The first Bishop of "Western Michigan, was born in 
Goshen, Orange County, New York, on the 14th day 
of June, a.d. 1819. 

He graduated at The General Theological Seminary, 
a.d. 1840. 

Ordered Deacon in S. Peter's Church, New York, 
on the 28th day of June, a.d. 1840, by The Right Rev. 
Benjamin Tredwell Onderdonk, S.T.D. 

Ordained Priest in S. Mark's Church, Leroy, New 
York, on the 30th day of June, a.d. 1843, by The Right 
Rev. William Heathcote De Lancey, S.T.D. 

His first Rectorship was that of S. Mark's Church, 
Leroy, whence he removed to Ohio, and for six years 
held the position of Rector of S. Paul's Church, Cin- 
cinnati. He returned to New York and became the 
Rector of Zion Church, Palmyra, where he remained 
ten years, when he removed to Michigan and became 
the Rector of S. Andrew's Church, Ann Arbor, where 
he remained until his elevation to the Episcopate. 

He received the Degree of Doctor of Sacred The- 
ology from Hobart College, Geneva, New York^ a.d. 
1875. 

291 



292 GEORGE DE NORMANDIE GILLESPIE. 

Consecrated Bishop of Western Michigan in S. 
Mark's Church, Grand Rapids, Michigan, on the 24th 
day of February, a.d. 1875, by The Eight Rev. Samuel 
Allen McCoskry, S.T.D., D.C.L., assisted by The Right 
Rev. Joseph Cruikshank Talbot, D.D., LLJD., The 
Right Rev. William Henry Augustus Bissell, D.D., 
The Right Rev. Charles Franklin Robertson, S.T.D., 
The Right Rev. Abram Newkirk Littlejohn, S.T.D., 
The Right Rev. Benjamin Henry Paddock, S.T.D., 
and The Right Rev. Edward Randolph Welles, S.T.D. 

Writings. — Sermons : 1. The Communion of Saints, 
An Holy Priesthood. — A Convention Sermon, a.d. 
1862. 2. Tract, The Season of Lent. 3. Manual. 4. 
Manual and Annals of the Diocese of Michigan, 1868. 



No. 113. 
THE RIGHT REVEREND 

THOMAS AUGUSTUS JAGGAR, D.D. 

The first Bishop of Southern Ohio, was born in the 
City of New York on the 2d day of June, a.d. 1839. 

Ordered Deacon in Christ Church, Pelham, ]STew 
York, on the 10th day of November, a.d. 1860, by The 
Eight Rev. Horatio Potter, S.T.D. 

Ordained Priest in S. George's Church, Flushing, 
Long Island, on the 3d day of June, a.d. 1863, by the 
same Prelate. 

He was the Assistant Minister in S. George's Church, 
Flushing, from November 11th, 1860, to February 17th, 
1862; Rector of Trinity Church, Bergen Point, New 
Jersey, from May 15th, 1862, until October, 1864, when 
he became Rector of the Anthon Memorial Church, 
New York City. In December, 1868, he became Rector 
of S. John's Church, Yonkers, New York, and in June, 
1870, Rector of The Church of The Holy Trinity, Phil- 
adelphia, where he remained until his elevation to the 
Episcopate. 

Note. — The Diocese of Southern Ohio was organ- 
ized, a.d. 1875, by the division of the old Diocese, 
which included the whole State. The new Diocese 
comprises all that portion of the State lying south of 
the southern line of the Counties of Mercer, Shelby, 

2** 293 



294 THOMAS AUGUSTUS J AG GAR. 

Logan, Union, Marion, Morrow, Knox, Coshocton, 
Tuscarawas, Harrison, and Jefferson. Bishop Bedell 
elected to take the Northern Diocese, which preserved 
the old title, " Diocese of Ohio," and The Rev. Dr. 
Jagger was elected Bishop of the new See. 

He received the Degree of Doctor in Divinity from 
The University of Pennsylvania, a.d. 1874. 

Consecrated as Bishop of Southern Ohio in The 
Church of The Holy Trinity, Philadelphia, on the 28th 
day of April, a.d. 1875, by The Right Rev. Benjamin 
Bosworth Smith, S.T.D.,LL.D., assisted by The Right 
Rev. Alfred Lee, S.T.D., The Right Rev. Horatio 
Potter, D.D., LL.D., The Right Rev. William Bacon 
Stevens, D.D., LL.D., The Right Rev. Abram New- 
kirk Littlejohn, S.T.D., The Right Rev. William 
"Woodruff Niles, S.T.D., and The Right Rev. William 
Hobart Hare, S.T.D., together with The Right Rev. 
William Walrond Jackson, D.D., the Bishop of 
Antigua, West Indies. 

Writings. — A few occasional Sermons, Addresses to 
his Convention, &c. 

Bishop Jaggar resigned a.d. 1889. 



No. 114. 

THE RIGHT REVEREND 

WILLIAM EDWARD McLAREN, S.T.D, 

The* third Bishop of Illinois, was born in Geneva, 
Ontario County, New York, on the 13th day of De- 
cember, 1831. 

He graduated at Jefferson College, (now Washington 
and Jefferson,) Washington, Pennsylvania, a.d. 1851. 

In 1851-2 he was engaged in teaching. From 1852 
to 1857 he pursued the avocation of a Journalist in 
Cleveland, Ohio, and in Pittsburg, Pennsylvania. 
From 1857 to 1860 he studied Theology in the Pres- 
byterian Theological Seminary at Pittsburg. In 1860 
he was Ordained by the Presbytery of Alleghany City, 
and sent by the Presbyterian Board of Foreign Mis- 
sions to Bogota, South America, where he remained 
three years. Eeturning to the United States, he offi- 
ciated as Assistant Minister in the Second Presbyterian 
Congregation at Pittsburg for a few months, when he 
removed to Peoria, Illinois, and became the Pastor of 
the Second Presbyterian Congregation at that place. 
In 1867 he removed to Michigan and became the 
Pastor of the Westminster Presbyterian Congrega- 
tion, Detroit. Here he became involved in doubts 
respecting some of the doctrines of the Presbyterian 

295 



296 WILLIAM EDWARD MCLAREN. 

system, and attracted to the Sacramental system con- 
tained in The Book of Common Prayer. After a most 
thorough investigation of the whole subject, he resigned 
his Pastorate, and was Confirmed by The Bishop of 
Michigan in S. John's Church, Detroit. 

Ordered Deacon in S. John's Church, Detroit, on the 
29th day of July, a.d. 1872, by The Eight Rev. Samuel 
Allen McCoskry, S.T.D., LL.D. 

Ordained Priest in the same Church on the 20th day 
of October, a.d. 1872, by the same Prelate. 

Immediately after his Ordination to the Priesthood 
he removed to Cleveland, Ohio, and became the Rector 
of Trinity Church. 

He received the Degree of Doctor of Sacred The- 
ology from Racine College, Racine, Wisconsin, a.d. 
1875. 

In September, 1875, he was elected to the Episcopate 
of Illinois. 

Consecrated Bishop of Illinois in the Cathedral 
Church of S.S. Peter and Paul in Chicago, Illinois, 
on the 8th day of December, a.d. 1875, by The Right 
Rev. Samuel Allen McCoskry, S.T.D., LL.D., assisted 
by The Right Rev. Gregory Thurston Bedell, D.D., 
The Right Rev. Henry Benjamin Whipple, D.D., 
The Right Rev. Joseph Cruikshank Talbot, D.D., 
LL.D., The Right Rev. Robert Harper Clarkson, 
D.D., LL.D., The Right Rev. John Franklin Spald- 
ing, D.D., The Right Rev. George De Normandie Gil- 
lespie, S.T.D., and The Right Rev. Edward Randolph 
Welles, S.T.D. 

In the second year of his Episcopate, (1877,) the 
Diocese of Illinois was divided and two new Sees 
formed, — the Diocese of Quincy and the Diocese of 



WILLIAM EDWARD MCLAREN. 297 

Springfield. By Canonical choice, Bishop McLaren 
retained the charge of that portion which kept the old 
title of Illinois. 

Writings. — Various Sermons, Addresses, and Papers 
in Periodicals; Catholic Dogma, the Antidote of 
Doubt. 

At the General Convention of 1883 consent was 
given to a change of name, and the title altered to 
" Diocese of Chicago." 



INo. 115. 

THE RIGHT REVEREND 

JOHN HENRY IIOBART BROWN, S.T.D. 

The first Bishop of Fond clu Lac, was born in the City 
of New York on the 1st day of December, a.d. 1831. 

He graduated at The General Theological Seminary, 
New York, a.d. 1854. 

Ordered Deacon in Trinity Church, New Yotk, on 
the 2d day of July, a.d. 1854, by The Eight Rev. 
Jonathan Mayhew Wainwright, D.D., D.C.L. 

Ordained Priest in The Church of The Holy Com- 
munion, New York, on the 1st day of December, a.d. 
1855, by The Eight Eev. Horatio Potter, S.T.D., 
LL.D. 

In 1854 he was Assistant Minister in Grace Church, 
Brooklyn, Long Island, and while there he organized 
" The Church of The Good Angels," (now Emmanuel 
Church,) Brooklyn, of which he became the Eector. 

In 1856 he became the Eector of The Church of The 
Evangelists, (old S. George's Chapel,) Beekman Street, 
New York. 

In 1863 he became the Eector of S. John's Church, 
Cohoes, New York. 

In 1868 he was Secretary to the Diocesan Convention 
of Albany. 

298 



JOHN HENRY HOB ART BROWN. 299 

In 1870 he was made Archdeacon of the Albany 
Convocation. 

He received the Degree of Doctor of Sacred The- 
ology from Racine College, a.d. 1874. 

Consecrated Bishop of Fond clu Lac in S. John's 
Church, Cohoes, JSTew York, (Diocese of Albany,) on 
the 15th day of December, a.d. 1875, by The Eight 
Rev. Horatio Potter, S.T.D., LL.D., D.C.L., assisted 
by The Right Rev. "Wm. Henry Augustus Bissell, 
D.D., The Right Rev. "William Croswell Doane, 
S.T.D., The Right Rev. William Woodruff Mies, 
S.T.D., The Right Rev. Benjamin Henry Paddock, 
S.T.D., The Right Rev. Edward Randolph Welles, 
S.T.D., and The Right Rev. John Scarborough, S.T.D. 

Weitings. — He has published a few single Sermons, 
Pamphlets and Addresses. 

Note. — The Diocese of Fond du Lac was organized 
a.d. 1875, and consists of the Counties of Marathon, 
Lincoln, Oconto, Shawano, Door, Kewaunee, Brown, 
Outagamie, Waupaca, Portage, Wood, Adams, Wau- 
shara, Winnebago, Calumet, Manitowoc, Sheboygan, 
Fond du Lac, Green Lake, Marquette, and a part of 
Dodge County, in the State of Wisconsin. 

Bishop Brown died at Fond du Lac on the 2d clay 
of May, a.d. 1888, and was buried in the Cathedral 
grounds. 



No. 116. 

THE RIGHT REVEREND 

WILLIAM STEVENS PEEKY, S.T.D., LL.D., D.D., Oxon. 

The second Bishop of Iowa, was born in Providence, 
lihode Island, on the 22d day of January, a.d. 1832. 

He graduated at Harvard College, Cambridge, Mas- 
sachusetts, a.d. 1854. 

Ordered Deacon in Grace Church, Newton, Massa- 
chusetts, on the 29th day of March, a.d. 1857, by The 
Right Rev. Manton Eastburn, S.T.D., LL.D. 

Ordained Priest in S. Paul's Church, Boston, on the 
7th day of April, a.d. 1858, by the same Prelate. 

He was Assistant Minister at S. Paul's Church, Bos- 
ton, from May, 1857, to October, 1858 ; Rector of S. 
Luke's Church, Nashua, New Hampshire, from No- 
vember, 1858, until April, 1861 ; Rector of S. Stephen's 
Church, Portland, Maine, from May, 1861, until No- 
vember, 1863 ; Editor of The Church Monthly, Bos- 
ton, 1864 ; Rector of S. Michael's Church, Litchfield, 
Connecticut, from November, 1864, until April, 1869 ; 
Rector of Trinity Church, Geneva, New York, from 
May, 1869, until September, 1876. 

President of Hobart College from April, 1876, until 
September, 1876, at which time he was elevated to the 
Episcopate of Iowa. 

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WILLIAM STEVENS PERRY. 301 

He received the Collegiate Degrees in regular 
Course, Master of Arts (ad eundem) from Bishop's 
College, Lennoxville, Canada East, a.d. 1859, Doctor 
of Sacred Theology from Trinity College, Hartford, 
Connecticut, a.d. 1869, and Doctor of Laws from The 
College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia, 
a.d. 1876. 

He was a Deputy to the General Convention from 
New Hampshire, a.d. 1859 ; from the Diocese of Maine, 
a.d. 1862, at which Convention he was made Assistant 
Secretary. 

In 1868 he was elected Secretary to the House of 
Clerical and Lay Deputies in the General Convention, 
which position he held in the Convention of 1871, and 
also in 1874. 

Historiographer of The American Church, a.d. 
1868; Professor of History in Hobart College, a.d. 
1871-72-73. 

Consecrated Bishop of Iowa in Trinity Church, 
Geneva, Diocese of Western New York, on the 10th 
day of September, a.d. 1876, by his uncle, The Right 
Rev. William Bacon Stevens, D.D., LL.D., assisted by 
The Right Rev. Arthur Cleveland Coxe, S.T.D., LL.D., 
The Right Rev. John Barrett Kerfoot, S.T.D., LL.D., 
and The Right Rev. Wm. Henry Augustus Bissell, 
D.D., together with The Most Rev. Ashton Oxenden, 
D.D., Bishop of Montreal, and Metropolitan, who also 
preached the sermon. 

Writings. — 1. Historical Sketch of the Church Mis- 
sionary Association of the Eastern District of Massa- 
chusetts. 1859. 2. Journals of the General Conven- 
tion of the Protestant Episcopal Church of the United 

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302 WILLIAM STEVENS PERRY. 

States of America, with Illustrative Historical Notes 
and Appendices, by the Rev. Francis L. Hawks and 
the Eev. William Stevens Perry. Yol. I. (all pub- 
lished), 8vo., 1861. 3. Bishop Seabury and Bishop 
Provoost ; an Historical Fragment. Privately printed. 

1862. 4. Documentary History of the Protestant Epis- 
copal Church in South Carolina. Rev. Francis L. 
Hawks and Eev. William Stevens Perry, Editors. 
No. I. (all published). 5. The Collects of the Church. 
Privately printed. 1864. 6. The Connection of the 
Church of England with early American Colonization. 
Large 8vo., 1863. 7. The Church's Worship Spiritual 
and True. A Sermon preached in the Parish Church 
of S. George, Lennoxville, Canada East, before the An- 
nual Meeting of the Convention of the University of 
Bishop's College, June 25th, 1863. 8. The Church's 
Worship Spiritual and True. A Sermon preached in 
the Church of the Ascension, New York, on the Nine- 
teenth Sunday after Trinity, October 11th, 1873, at the 
Anniversary of the New York Bible and Common 
Prayer Book Society. 9. Bishop Seabury and the 
" Episcopal Recorder." A Vindication. Privately 
printed. 10. A Century of Episcopacy in Portland. 
A Sketch of the History of the Episcopal Church in 
Portland, Maine, from the Organization of St. Paul's, 
Falmouth, November 4th, 1763, to the Present Time. 

1863. 11. Documentary History of the Protestant 
Episcopal Church in the United States of America, 
containing numerous hitherto unpublished Documents 
concerning the Church in Connecticut. Rev. Francis 
L. Hawks and Rev. William Stevens Perry, Editors. 
Vol.1. New York, 1863. 12. The same, vol. H., New 



WILLIAM STEVENS PERRY. 303 

York, 1864. 13. Of the Imitation of Christ. Four 
books. By Thomas a Kempis. (Edited, with an Intro- 
duction.) Boston, 1864. 14. The Church Monthly, vols. 
VI. and VII. Editors : Rev. John Cotton Smith, D.D., 
and Rev. William Stevens Perry. 1864. 15. Prep- 
aration for the Holy Communion. By Mrs. Sewell. 
(Edited, with an Introduction.) 1864. 16. Liturgic 
Worship. Sermons on the Book of Common Prayer. 
By Bishops and Clergy of the Protestant Episcopal 
Church. New York, 1864. (Edited, the course 
planned, and one of the Sermons delivered by W. S 
P.) 17. A Memorial of the Rev. Thos. Mather Smith, 
D.D. Privately printed. 1866. 18. Thankfulness foi 
our Past, our Present, and our Future. A Sermon 
preached in S. Michael's Church, Litchfield, Connec- 
ticut, on the day of National Thanksgiving, Thursday, 
November 26th, 1866. 19. A History of the Book of 
Common Prayer, with a Rationale of its Offices. By 
Francis Proctor. With an Introductory Chapter on 
the History of the American Liturgy. 1868. 20. 
Questions on the Life and Labors of the Great Apostle. 
New York, 1869. 21. The Churchman's Year Book. 
1870. 22. The same. 1871. 23. Historical Collections 
of the American Colonial Church. Vol. I. Virginia. 
4to., 1871. 24. The same, vol. II. Pennsylvania. 
1872. 25. The same, vol. III. Massachusetts. 1873. 
26. Life Lessons from the Book of Proverbs. New 
York, 1872. 27. A Sunday-School Experiment. 1874. 

28. Hand-Book of the General Convention. 1874. 

29. Journals of the General Convention, 1785 to 1835. 
3 vols., 8vo. 30. Historical Notes and Documents 
illustrating the Organization of the Protestant Episco- 



304 WILLIAM STEVENS PERRY. 

pal Church in the United States of America. 1874. 
31. Anglo-American Sympathy with Continental Re- 
form. A Sermon preached in Westminster Abbey on 
Sunday, October 17th, 1875. 32. A Sunday-School 
Experiment (Revised and Enlarged). 1876. 33. The 
Reunion Conference at Bonn, 1875. A Personal Nar- 
rative. Printed privately. 1876. 34. An Open Letter 
to the Members of the Cathedral Congregation from 
the Bishop of the Diocese. Davenport, Iowa, 1877. 
35. A Memorial to the Regents of the University of 
the State of Iowa. 1877. 36. A Sunday-School Ex- 
periment. 1877. 37. The American Cathedral. Dav- 
enport, 1877. 38. The Episcopal Address of William 
Stevens Perry, D.D., LL.D., Bishop of Iowa. Daven- 
port, 1877. 39. The Bishop of Iowa's Address, and 
its Assailants. A Correspondence privately printed. 
1877. 40. A Hand-Book of the General Convention, 
1785-1877. (Third Edition, enlarged.) 41. Missions 
and Missionary Bishoprics in the American Church. 
A Paper read before the Church Congress held at 
Stoke-upon-Trent, England, October, 1875. Privately 
printed. 1877. 42. Historical Collections of The 
American Colonial Church. Vol. IV. Maryland. 
4to., 1878. 43. The same, vol. V. Delaware. 4to., 
1878. 

Bishop Perry was elected Lord Bishop of Nova 
Scotia in 1877, but declined. In 1888 he received 
the Degree of Doctor in Divinity from the University 
of Oxford. 

See Dr. Schaff's Encyclopaedia of eminent divines. 



No. 117. 

THE RIGHT REVEREND 

CHARLES CLIFTON PENICK, D.D. 

The third Missionary Bishop of Cape Palmas and 
parts adjacent in "West Africa, was born in Charlotte 
County, Virginia, on the 9th day of December, a.d. 
1843. 

In 1860 he attended a Military School in Danville, 
Virginia, whence he entered Hampden Sidney College, 
Prince Edward County, Virginia. 

At the beginning of the Civil War, he entered the 
Confederate Army as Quartermaster in the 38th Vir- 
ginia Regiment, where he remained until Lee's surren- 
der. 

He graduated at The Theological Seminary of Vir- 
ginia, Alexandria, a.d. 1869. 

Ordered Deacon in The Chapel of The Theological 
Seminary of Virginia, on the 26th day of June, a.d. 
1869, by The Right Rev. John Johns, S.T.D. 

Ordained Priest in the same place on the 24th day 
of June, a.d. 1870, by the same Prelate. 

He spent his Diaconate in Bristol, Dinwiddie County, 
Virginia, and upon his ordination to the Priesthood 
removed to Maryland, where he became the Rector of S. 
George's Church, Mount Savage. In 1872 he removed 

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306 CHARLES CLIFTON PENICK. 

to Baltimore, and took charge of The Church of The 
Messiah, of which he subsequently became the Rector, 
and where he remained until his elevation to the Epis- 
copate. 

Consecrated Missionary Bishop of Cape Palmas and 
parts adjacent in "Western Africa in S. Paul's Church, 
Alexandria, Virginia, on the 13th day of February, a.d. 
1877, by The Eight Rev. Thomas Atkinson, S.T.D., 
LL.D., assisted by The Right Rev. Francis MoNeece 
Whittle, D.D., The Right Rev. William Pinkney, 
D.D., and The Right Rev. Thomas Underwood Dud- 
ley, D.D. 

He received the Degree of Doctor in Divinity from 
Kenyon College, Gambier, Ohio, a.d. 1877. 

Bishop Penick sent bis resignation to the Presiding 
Bishop in April, a.d. 1883, and it was accepted by the 
House of Bishops in October of the same year. Sub- 
sequently he became the Rector of St. Andrew's 
Church, Louisville, Kentucky. 



TSo. 118. 

THE RIGHT REVEREND 

SAMUEL ISAAC JOSEPH SCHERESCHEWSKY, D.D. 

The third Missionary Bishop to China, was born in 
Tanroggen, Russian Lithuania, on the 6th day of May, 
a.d. 1831. 

He was educated partly in his native town, partly in 
the neighboring town of Krazi, and at the Rabbinical 
College at Zhitomer, Russia. He spent two years in 
Germany, at the University of Breslau. 

On coming to the United States, be entered the 
Western Theological Seminary of the Presbyterians 
at Pittsburg, which be left and entered The General 
Theological Seminary at New York. 

Ordered Deacon in S. George's Church, New York, 
on the 7th day of July, a.d. 1859, by The Right Rev. 
William Jones Boone, D.D. 

Ordained Priest in the Mission Chapel, Shanghai, 
on the 28th day of October, a.d. 1860, by the same 
Prelate. 

In 1875 he w r as elected by the House of Bishops 
to the Episcopate for China, which he declined. In 
October, 1877, he was again elected and persuaded to 
accept. 

He received the Degree of Doctor in Divinity from 

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308 SAMUEL ISAAC JOSEPH SCHERESCHEWSKY. 

Kenyon College, Gambier, Ohio, a.d. 1876, and that of 
Doctor of Sacred Theology from Columbia College, 
New York, a.d. 1877. 

Consecrated Missionary Bishop of Shanghai, having 
jurisdiction in China, in Grace Church, New York, on 
the 31st day of October, a.d. 1877, by The Right Rev., 
Benjamin Bosworth Smith, S.T.D., LL.D., assisted by 
The Right Rev. Horatio Potter, S.T.D., LL.D.,D.C.l", 
The Right Rev. Gregory Thurston Bedell, D.D., The 
Right Rev. William Bacon Stevens, D.D., LL.D., The 
Right Rev. John Barrett Kerfoot, S.T.D., LL.D., and 
The Right Rev. Theodore Benedict Lyman, D.D. 

Bishop Schereschewsky has translated from the He- 
brew the whole of the Old Testament Scriptures into 
Mandarin Chinese. He was also one of the Committee 
for the translation of the New Testament from the 
Greek into the same language. In co-operation with 
the present (a.d. 1868) Bishop of Hong Kong (The 
Right Rev. J. S. Burdon, D.D.) he has translated The 
Book of Common Prayer into Mandarin Chinese. He 
has also translated the Gospel of S. Mark into Mon- 
golian, and has in preparation a Dictionary of the 
Mongolian language. 

Serious and prolonged ill health led to the resigna- 
tion of Bishop Schereschewsky, which was accepted 
by the House of Bishops, in the autumn of 1883. 



No. 119. 
THE RIGHT REVEREND 

ALEXANDER BURGESS, S.T.D. 

The first Bishop of Quincy, was born in Providence, 
Rhode Island, on the 31st day of October, a.d. 1819. 

He graduated at Brown University, a.d. 1838, and 
at The General Theological Seminary, a.d. 1841. 

Ordered Deacon in S. John's Church, Providence, 
on the 3d day of November, a.d. 1842, by The Right 
Rev. Alexander Viets Griswold, S.T.D. 

Ordained Priest in Grace Church, Providence, on 
the 1st day of November, a.d. 1843, by The Right 
Rev. John Prentiss Kewley Henshaw, D.D. 

He spent his Diaconate in charge of S. Stephen's 
Church, East Haddam, Connecticut. In November, 
1843, he removed to Maine, and became the Rector of 
S. Mark's Church, Augusta, where he remained until 
Easter, 1854, when he removed to Portland, and be- 
came the Rector of S. Luke's Church. In January, 
1867, he removed to New York, and became the Rector 
of S. John's Church, Brooklyn, Long Island. In 
December, 1869, he removed to Massachusetts, and 
became the Rector of Christ Church, Springfield, 
where he remained until his elevation to the Episco- 
pate. 

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310 ALEXANDER BURGESS. 

In 1866 he was elected by the Clergy of the Diocese 
of Maine as the successor to his brother in the Epis- 
copate of that jurisdiction, but he declined to allow 
his name to go to the Laity for confirmation. 

He received the Degree of Doctor of Sacred Theol- 
ogy from Brown University, a.d. 1866, and from 
Racine College, a.d. 1882. 

He was a Deputy to the General Convention from 
the Diocese of Maine from 1844 until 1867; from the 
Diocese of Long Island in 1869 ; and from the Diocese 
of Massachusetts in 1871, 1874, and 1877. 

In 1877 he was the President of the House of 
Deputies of the General Convention. 

He was a member of the Standing Committee in 
the Diocese of Maine from 1845 until 1867 ; in Long 
Island in 1868 and 1869; in Massachusetts from 1870 
until 1878. 

Consecrated Bishop of Quincy, in Christ Church, 
Springfield, on the 15th day of May, a.d. 1878, by The 
Right Rev. Benjamin Bosworth Smith, S.T.D., LL.D., 
assisted by the Right Rev. John Williams, S.T.D., 
LL.D., The Right Rev. Thomas March Clark, S.T.D., 
LL.D., The Right Rev. Abram ISTewkirk Littlejohn, 
D.D., The Right Rev. Frederic Dan Huntington, 
S.T.D., and The Right Rev. Benjamin Henry Pad- 
dock, S.T.D. 

Writings. — A memoir of his brother, The Right 
Rev. George Burgess, S.T.D. , sometime Bishop of 
Maine; Sunday-School Question Books, Carols and 
Hymns, Occasional papers in Reviews, and a few 
special Sermons. 



No. ISO. 

THE RIGHT REVEREND 

GEORGE WILLIAM PETERKIN, D.D. 

The first Bishop of West Virginia, was born in Clear 
Spring, Washington County, Maryland, on the 21st 
day of March, a.d. 1841. 

Pie was educated at the University of Virginia, Char- 
lottesville, and at The Theological Seminary of Vir- 
ginia, Alexandria. 

Ordered Deacon in The Chapel of the Theological 
Seminary, Alexandria, on the 24th day of June, a.d. 
1868, by The Right Rev. John Johns, D-D., LL.D. 

Ordained Priest in the same place, on the 25th day 
of June, a.d. 1869, by The Right Rev. Francis McISTeece 
Whittle, D.D. 

His Diaconate was spent as the Assistant Minister 
of S. James' Church, Richmond, Virginia, of which 
Church his father was the Rector. In June, 1869, he 
became the Rector of S. Stephen's Church, Culpeper, 
Virginia, where he remained until 1873, when he re- 
moved to Baltimore, Maryland, and became the Rector 
of Memorial Church, which position he held when 
elected to the Episcopate. 

He received the Degree of Doctor in Divinity from 
Kenyon College, in 1878, and from Washington and 
Lee University, Virginia, in the same year. 

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312 GEORGE WILLIAM PETERKIN. 

Consecrated Bishop of West Virginia, in S. Mat- 
thew's Church, Wheeling, on the 30th day of May, a.d. 
1878, by The Eight Bev. Gregory Thurston Bedell, 
D.D., assisted by The Bight Be v. John Barrett Kerfoot, 
D.D., LL.D., The Bight Be v. Francis McNeece Whit- 
tle, D.D., The Bight Bev. Thomas Underwood Dudley, 
D.D., and The Bight Bev. Thomas Augustus Jaggar, 
D.D. 



No. 131. 

THE RIGHT REVEREND 

GEORGE FRANKLIN SEYMOUR, S.T.D., LL.D. 

The first Bishop of Springfield, was born in the City 
of New York, on the 5th day of January, a.d. 1829. 

He graduated at Columbia College, a.d. 1850, and at 
The General Theological Seminary, a.d. 1854. 

Ordered Deacon in The Church of The Annuncia- 
tion, E"ew York, on the 17th day of December, a.d. 
1854, by The Right Rev. Horatio Potter, S.T.D. 

Ordained Priest in Zion Church, Greenburg, West- 
chester County, New York, on the 23d day of Septem- 
ber, a.d. 1855, by the same Prelate. 

In January, 1855, he entered upon his duty, under 
the appointment of the Bishop, as Missionary at An- 
nandale, Dutchess County, where he remained until 
July, 1861. During that period The Church of The 
Holy Innocents was built, and when nearly ready for 
Consecration was destroyed by fire. The work of 
rebuilding was vigorously pushed on, and the Charter 
of S. Stephen's College obtained, of. which, as the 
Founder, he became the first warden. He left An- 
nandale in 1861, and after a few months became the 
Rector of S. Mary's Church, Manhattanville. In 
October, 1862, he became the Rector of Christ Church, 

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314 GEORGE FRANKLIN SEYMOUR. 

Hudson, where he remained but one year, having 
accepted the Rectorship of S. John's Church, Brook- 
lyn. In June, 1865, he was elected Professor of 
Ecclesiastical History in The General Theological 
Seminary, which he accepted, retaining the Rector- 
ship of S. John's Church until the election of his 
successor, in January, 1867. 

In September, 1874, he was elected Bishop of Illi- 
nois, but the House of Clerical and Lay Deputies of 
the General Convention declined to confirm the elec- 
tion. 

In June, 1875, he was elected Dean of The General 
Theological Seminary, which position he held, with his 
Professorship, until his elevation to the Episcopate. 

In December, 1877, he was elected Bishop of Spring- 
field, and the election was confirmed by the Standing 
Committees and the Bishops. In April, 1878, he sent 
his declination. 

At the Annual meeting of that Diocese, on the 28th 
day of May, a resolution was unanimously passed 
asking him to withdraw his letter, which he did. 

Consecrated Bishop of Springfield, in Trinity Church, 
New York, on the 11th day of June, a.d. 1878, by The 
Right Rev. Horatio Potter, S.T.D., LL.D., d'.C.L., 
assisted by The Right Rev. Henry John Chitty Harper, 
D.D., Bishop of Christ Church, and Metropolitan of 
New Zealand, The Right Rev. Horatio Southgate, 
S.T.D., The Right Rev. William Henry Odenheimer, 
D.D., D.C.L., The Right Rev. Henry Champlin Lay, 
S.T.D., LL.D., The Right Rev. Charles Todd Quin- 
tard, S.T.D., LL.D., The Right Rev. Robert Harper 
Clarkson, D.D., LL.D., The Right Rev. Henry Adams 



GEORGE FRANKLIN SEYMOUR. 31 5 

Neely, S.T.D., The Right Rev. John Scarborough, 
S.T.D., and The Right Rev. Edward McLaren, S.T.D. 
He received the Degree of Doctor of Sacred Theol- 
ogy from Racine College, a.d. 1867, and that of Doctor 
of Laws from Columbia College, a.d. 1878. 



No. 132. 

THE RIGHT REVEREND 

SAMUEL SMITH HARRIS, D.D., LL.D. 

The second Bishop of Michigan, was born in Antauga 
County, Georgia, on the 14th day of September, a.d. 
1841. 

He graduated from The University of Alabama in 
1859, and at once entered the Law School of Chan- 
cellor Keyes, from which he was admitted to the Bar 
in 1860. He practised five years in Montgomery, 
Alabama, after which he removed to New York, 
where he was engaged in practice before the Supreme 
Court only. While in New York, yielding to an early 
cherished desire, he relinquished his profession, and 
became a Candidate for Holy Orders. He studied 
Theology under the direction of The Rev. J. M. Forbes, 
D.D., and returning to the South, was 

Ordered Deacon in S. John's Church, Montgomery, 
Alabama, on the 10th day of February, a.d. 1869, by 
The Right Rev. Richard Hooker Wilmer, D.D. 

Ordained Priest in the same Church, on the 30th 
day of June, a.d. 1869, by the same Prelate. 

His first Parochial work was as Deacon in charge, of 
S. John's Church, Montgomery. Immediately after 
his Ordination to the Priesthood, he became the Rector 

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SAMUEL SMITH HARRIS. 317 

of Trinity Church, Columbus, Georgia, where he re- 
mained two years and six months, when he removed 
to New Orleans, and became the Rector of Trinity 
Church, where he remained four years. In the year 
1875 he became the Rector of S. James's Church, 
Chicago, which position he held when he was elected 
Bishop of Michigan. 

He was a deputy to the General Convention of 1874 
from the Diocese of Georgia, and in 1877 from the 
Diocese of Illinois. 

In December, 1878, he was elected by an unanimous 
vote, on the first ballot, as the Bishop of Quincy, but, 
at the earnest solicitation of the Vestry of S. James's 
Church, he declined. 

He received the Degree of Doctor in Divinity from 
The College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, 
Virginia, a.d. 1874, and the Degree of Doctor of Laws 
from The University of Alabama, a.d. 1879. 

Consecrated Bishop of Michigan, in S. Paul's Church, 
Detroit, on the 17th day of September, a.d. 1879, by 
The Right Rev. Richard Hooker Wilmer, D.D., assisted 
by The Right Rev. Joseph Cruikshank Talbot, D.D., 
D.C.L., The Right Rev. Robert Harper Clarkson, D.D., 
LL.D., The Right Rev. Edward Randolph Welles, 
S.T.D., The Right Rev. George DeNormandie Gillespie, 
S.T.D., The Right Rev. William Edward McLaren, 
S.T.D., The Right Rev. William Stevens Perry, S.T.D., 
LL.D., and The Right Rev. Alexander Burgess, S.T.D. 

Writings. — A few Sermons, Articles for the Re- 
views, and the Bohlen Lectures for 1882. 

Bishop Harris died in London, Aug. 28th, a.d. 1888, 
and was buried at Detroit. 

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No. 123. 

THE RIGHT REVEREND 

THOMAS ALFRED STARKEY, S.T.D. 

The second Bishop of Northern New Jersey, was born 
in the City of Philadelphia. He was educated for, and 
entered upon the work of a Civil Engineer, which he 
continued several years. 

Ordered Deacon in The Church of the Ascension, 
Philadelphia, on the 21st day of February, a.d. 1847, 
by The Right Rev. Alonzo Potter, D.D. 

Ordained Priest in Trinity Church, Pottsville, Penn- 
sylvania, on the 21st day of May, a.d. 1848, by the 
same Prelate. 

His first Ministerial work was under the direction 
of The Rev. W. C. Cooley, Rector of Trinity Church, 
Pottsville, in the Missionary work of the Church in 
Schuylkill County, where he founded The Church of 
the Holy Apostles, at St. Clair. In April, 1850, he 
removed to New York, and became the Rector of 
Christ Church, Troy. In February, 1854, he became 
the Rector of S. Paul's Church, Albany, succeeding 
Dr. Kip, who had been made Bishop of California. 
In 1858 he removed to Ohio, and became the Rector 
of Trinity Church, Cleveland. In the spring of 1869 
he accepted the Rectorship of The Church of the 

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THOMAS ALFRED STARKE Y. 319 

Epiphany, Washington, D. C, where he remained until 
1872. In 1877 he was made the Rector of S. Paul's 
Church, Paterson, in the Diocese of Northern New 
Jersey, which position he occupied at the time of his 
election to the Episcopate. 

He received the Decree of Doctor of Sacred Theol- 
ogv from Hohart College, a.d. 1864. 

Consecrated Bishop of Northern New Jersey, in 
Grace Church, Newark, on the 8th day of January, 
a.d. 1880, by The Eight Rev. Thomas March Clark, 
S.T.D., LL.D., assisted by The Right Rev. Thomas 
Hubbard Yail, S.T.D., LL.D., The Right Rev. Abram 
Newkirk Littlejohn, D.D., The Right Rev. Mark An- 
tony DeWolfe Howe, S.T.D., LL.D., The Right Rev. 
John Scarborough, S.T.D., and The Right Rev. George 
Franklin Seymour, S.T.D. 



No. 134. 

THE RIGHT REVEREND 

JOHN NICHOLAS GALLEHER, S.T.D. 

The third Bishop of Louisiana, was born in Washing- 
ton, Kentucky, on the 17th day of February, a.d. 1839. 

He was educated at The University of Virginia, and 
at The General Theological Seminary. 

After leaving College, he entered the Law School 
of Judge Brockenborough, Lexington, Virginia, where 
he remained but a short time, having decided to study 
for Holy* Orders. 

Ordered Deacon in Christ Church, Louisville, Ken- 
tucky, on the 7th day of June, a.d. 1868, by The Right 
Rev. George David Cummins, S.T.D. 

Ordained Priest in Trinity Church, New Orleans, 
on the 30th day of May, a.d. 1869, by The Right Rev. 
Joseph Pere Bell Wilmer, D.D. 

He spent six months of his Diaconate as the Assist- 
ant Minister in Christ Church, Louisville, after which 
he removed to Louisiana, and upon his Ordination to 
the Priesthood became the Rector of Trinity Church, 
New Orleans. Subsequently he removed to Maryland, 
and was a short time Rector of Memorial Church, 
Baltimore, which he resigned to take the Rectorship 
of Zion Church, New York City, which position he 
held at the time of his elevation to the Episcopate. 

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JOHN NICHOLAS GALLEHER. 321 

He received the Degree of Doctor of Sacred The- 
ology from Columbia College, a.d. 1875. 

Consecrated Bishop of Louisiana, in Trinity Church, 
New Orleans, on the 5th clay of February, a.d. 1880, 
by The Eight Rev. William Mercer Green, D.D., 
LL.D., assisted by The Right Rev. Richard Hooker 
Wilmer, D.D., The Right Rev. Charles Franklin 
Robertson, S.T.D., and The Right Rev. Thomas Un- 
derwood Dudley, D.D. 



JSTo. 135. 

THE RIGHT REVEREND 

GEORGE KELLY DUNLOP, S.T.D. 

Missionaey Bishop of New Mexico and Arizona, was 
born in County Tyrone, Ireland, on the 10th day of 
November, a.d. 1830. 

He was educated at The Royal College of Dungan- 
non, and at The Queen's University, Gal way, where he 
graduated, a.d. 1852, taking the Second Classical 
Scholarship. 

He came to the United States in October, a.d. 1852. 

Ordered Deacon in a Methodist Chapel, Palmyra, 
Missouri, on the 3d day of December, a.d. 1854, by 
The Right Rev. Cicero Stephens Hawks, D.D. 

Ordained Priest in S. John's Church, St. Louis, on 
the 7th day of August, a.d. 1856, by the same Prelate. 

He served as Missionary during his Diaconate, at 
St. Charles, after which he became the Rector of 
Christ Church, Lexington, where he remained seven 
years. He then removed to Kirkwood, where he be- 
came the Rector of Grace Church, which position he 
held until his elevation to the Episcopate. 

His entire Ministerial life was spent in the Diocese 
of Missouri, where he was a member of the Standing 
Committee, one of the Bishop's Examining Chaplains, 
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GEORGE KELLY DUN LOP. 323 

Dean of the St. Louis Convocation, and Deputy to the 
General Convention. 

While in Lexington, he was Professor of Greek and 
Latin in The Masonic College. In 1856 he was elected 
Professor of Greek and Latin in Racine College, which 
he declined. 

Consecrated Missionary Bishop of New Mexico and 
Arizona, in Christ Church, St. Louis, on the 21st day 
of November, a.d. 1880, by The Right Rev. Henry 
Benjamin Whipple, D.D., assisted by The Right Rev. 
Charles Franklin Robertson, S.T.D., The Right Rev. 
John Franklin Spalding, S.T.D., The Right Rev. 
William Stevens Perry, S.T.D., LL.D., The Right 
Rev. Alexander Burgess, S.T.D., and The Right Rev. 
George Franklin Seymour, S.T.D., LL.D. 

He received the Degree of Doctor of Sacred The- 
ology from Racine College, a.d. 1880. 

Bishop Dunlop died at Las Cruces, New Mexico, 
March 12th, a.d. 1888, and was buried under the 
altar of St. Paul's Church, Las Yegas. 



No. 1261 

THE RIGHT REVEREND 

LEIGH RICHMOND BREWER, D.D. 

Missionary Bishop of Montana, was born in Berk- 
shire, Vermont, on the 20th clay of January, a.d. 1839. 

He graduated at Hobart College, a.d. 1863, and at 
The General Theological Seminary, a.d. 1866. 

Ordered Deacon in The Church of The Annuncia- 
tion, New York, on the 1st day of July, a.d. 1866, by 
The Right Eev. Horatio Potter, S.T.D., LL.D., D.C.L. 

Ordained Priest in Christ Church, Oswego, on the 
16th day of June, a.d. 1867, by The Right Rev. Arthur 
Cleveland Coxe, S.T.D., LL.D. 

He was six years Rector of Grace Church, Carthage, 
after which he became the Rector of Trinity Church, 
Watertown, where he remained until his elevation to 
the Episcopate. 

Consecrated Missionary Bishop of Montana, in 
Trinity Church, Watertown, on the 8th day of De- 
cember, a.d. 1880, by The Right Rev. Frederic Dan 
Huntington, S.T.D., assisted by The Right Rev. Daniel 
Sylvester Tuttle, S.T.D., The Right' Rev. William 
Henry Augustus Bissell, D.D., The Right Rev. Benja- 
min Wistar Morris, S.T.D., and The Right Rev. Ben- 
jamin Henry Paddock, S.T.D. 

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ZSTo. 137. 
THE RIGHT REVEREND 

JOHN ADAMS PADDOCK, S.T.D. 

Missionary Bishop of Washington Territory, was born 
in Norwich, Connecticut, on the 19th day of January, 
a.d. 1825. 

He graduated at Trinity College, Hartford, Connec- 
ticut, a.d. 1845, and at The General Theological Semi- 
nary, New York, a.d. 1849. 

Ordered Deacon in S. Peter's Church, Cheshire, 
Connecticut, on the 22d day of July, a.d. 1849, by 
The Eight Rev. Thomas Church Brownell, D.D. 

Ordained Priest in Christ Church, Stratford, Con- 
necticut, on the 30th day of April, a.d. 1850, by the 
same Prelate. 

His first Pastoral work was at Stratford, Connecticut, 
where he remained five years and six months. In 1855 
he removed to Brooklyn, New York, where he became 
the Rector of S. Peter's Church, which position he 
occupied at the time of his election to the Episcopate. 

He received the Degree of Doctor in Sacred The- 
ology from Trinity College, Hartford, a.d. 1860. 

He was a member of the Standing Committee of the 
Diocese of Long Island from the time of its organiza- 
tion until his removal to Washington Territory, as 

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326 JOHN ADAMS PADDOCK. 

well as a member of the Foreign Committee of the 
Board of Missions. 

Consecrated Missionary Bishop of Washington Ter- 
ritory, in S. Peter's Church, Brooklyn, on the 15th day 
of December, a.d. 1880, by The Right Be v. Benjamin 
Bosworth Smith, S.T.D., LL.D., assisted by The Right 
Rev. Alfred Lee, S.T.D., LL.D., The Right Rev. 
Horatio Potter, S.T.D., LL.D., D.C.L., The Right 
Rev. William Bacon Stevens, D.D., LL.D., The Right 
Rev. Daniel Sylvester Tuttle, S.T.D., The Right Rev. 
Benjamin Henry Paddock, S.T.D., The Right Rev. 
John Scarborough, S.T.D., The Right Rev. Charles 
Clifton Penick, D.D., and the Right Rev. George 
Franklin Seymour, S.T.D., LL.D. 

Writings. — History of Christ Church, Hartford, 
Connecticut; Tenth Anniversary Sermon at S. Peter's 
Church, Brooklyn; Address before the House of 
Convocation, Trinity College, Hartford; Missionary 
Papers, etc., etc. 



No. 128. 

THE RIGHT REVEREND 

CORTLANDT WHITEHEAD, D.D. 

The Second Bishop of Pittsburgh, was born in the 
City of New York, on the 30th day of October, a.d. 
1842. 

He graduated from Phillips Academy, Andover, 
Massachusetts, a.d. 1859, and from Yale College, New 
Haven, Connecticut, a.d. 1863. 

He studied Theology at The Philadelphia Divinity 
School, where he graduated, a.d. 1867. 

Ordered Deacon in Trinity Church, Newark, New 
Jersey, on the 21st day of June, a.d. 1867, by The 
Right Rev. William Henry Odenheimer, D.D. 

Ordained Priest in 8. Mark's Chapel, Black Hawk, 
Colorado, on the 7th day of August, a.d. 1868, by The 
Eight Rev. George Maxwell Randall, S.T.D. 

He served as a Missionary in Colorado, under Bishop 
Randall, three years, when he returned to the East, 
and became the Rector of The Church of The Nativity, 
South Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, where he remained 
until his elevation to the Episcopate. 

He received the Degree of Doctor in Divinitj 7 from 
Union College, Schenectady, New York, a.d. 1880. 

He was the Assistant Secretary of the Diocese of 

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328 CORTLAND T WHITEHEAD. 

Central Pennsylvania from the time of its organization 
in 1871 until 1882, and a Deputy to the General Con- 
vention from the same Diocese in 1871 and 1880. 

Consecrated Bishop of Pittsburgh, in Trinity Church, 
Pittsburgh, on the 25th day of January, a.d. 1882, by 
The Eight Rev. William Bacon Stevens, D.D., LL.D., 
assisted by The Right Rev. Isaac Helmuth, D.D., 
D.C.L., Bishop of Huron, in the Province of Ontario; 
The Right Rev. Gregory Thurston Bedell, D.D., The 
Right Rev. Mark Antony DeWolfe Howe, S.T.D., 
LL.D., The Right Rev. John Scarborough, S.T.D., and 
The Right Rev. George William Peterkin, D.D. 



No. 129. 

THE RIGHT REVEREND 

HUGH MILLER THOMPSON, S.T.D. 

Assistant Bishop of Mississippi, was born in the 
County of Londonderry, Ireland, on the 5th day of 
June, a.d. 1830. 

While yet a child his parents removed to the United 
States, and settled in Ohio. He was educated Aca- 
demically in Cleveland, Ohio, and Theologically at 
Nashotah House, Wisconsin. 

Ordered Deacon in Eashotah Chapel, on the 6th day 
of June, a.d. 1852, by The Eight Rev. Jackson Kemper, 
D.D. 

Ordained Priest in S. John's Church, Portage, Wis- 
consin, on the 31st day of August, a.d. 1856. 

The first year of his Diaconate was spent in charge 
of Grace Church, Madison, Wisconsin. In June, 1853, 
he was elected to the Rectorship of the Church of the 
Nativity, Maysville, Kentucky. He took charge of the 
Parish, and remained one year, when he returned to 
Wisconsin. In August, 1854, he took charge of the 
Mission at Portage and Baraboo. During the time of 
his residence at Portage, S. John's Church was built, 
and immediately after his ordination to the Priesthood 

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330 HUGH MILLER THOMPSON. 

he became the Rector, and also took charge of S. John's, 
Elkhorn. At Easter, 1857, he resigned, and took up 
Missionary work in the City of Milwaukee for a short 
time, which resulted in the organization of The Church 
of The Atonement. 

In 1858 he became the Rector of S. Matthew's Church, 
Kenosha, where he remained one year, when he re- 
moved to Galena, Illinois, and became the Rector of 
Grace Church. 

In 1860 he was elected Professor of Ecclesiastical 
History at Nashotah House, which he accepted, together 
with the Rectorship of his old Parish at Kenosha, where 
he founded the Seminary known as Kemper Hall. Dar- 
ing the same year he became the Editor-in-Chief of 
The American Churchman, a newspaper published at 
Chicago, and which for some years had a large circula- 
tion and influence. In 1871 he became the Rector of 
S. James' Church, Chicago, at which time The Ameri- 
can Churchman was merged into The Churchman, 
a paper published at Hartford, Connecticut. In Janu- 
ary, 1872, he became the Rector of Christ Church, 
'New York, and Editor-in-Chief of The Church Journal 
and Gospel Messenger. At the close of the year 1875 
he removed to Louisiana, and became the Rector of 
Trinity Church, New Orleans, where he remained until 
his elevation to the Episcopate. 

He received the Degree of Doctor of Sacred The- 
ology from Hobart College, a.d. 1863. 

Consecrated Assistant Bishop of Mississippi in Trin- 
ity Church, New Orleans, on the 24th day of February, 
a.d. 1883, by The Right Rev. William Mercer Green, 
D.D., LL.D., assisted by The Right Rev. Richard 



HUGH MILLER THOMPSON. 331 

Hooker Wilmer, D.D., The Right Rev. Samuel Smith 
Harris,, D.D., LLJX, and The Right Rev. John Nicho- 
las Galleher, S.T.D. 

Writings. — Unity and its Restoration. Sin and 
Penalty. First Principles. The Kingdom of God. 
Absolution. Is Romanism the best Religion for the 
Republic? Copy, Sermons, Lectures, and numerous 
fugitive Articles in Reviews and Newspapers. 

The " Bishop Paddock Lectures," a.d. 1888. 

The " Baldwin Lectures," a.d. 1890. 



No. 130. 

THE RIGHT REVEREND 

DAVID BUEL KNICKERBACKER, S.T.D. 

The third Bishop of Indiana, was born in Schaghticoke, 
New York, on the 24th day of February, a.d. 1833. 

He graduated at Trinity College, Hartford, Connecti- 
cut, a.d. 1853, and at The General Theological Semi- 
nary, New York, a.d. 1856. 

Ordered Deacon in Trinity Church, New York, on 
the 29th day of June, a.d. 1856, by The Eight Eev. 
Horatio Potter, D.D., LL.D. 

Ordained Priest in Gethsemane Church, Minneapolis, 
Minnesota, on the 12th day of July, a.d. 1857, by The 
Eight Eev. Jackson Kemper, S.T.D. 

His only Pastoral work was as Eector of Gethsemane 
Church, Minneapolis, which position he occupied from 
the time of his ordination until his elevation to the 
Episcopate. 

He was a member of the General Convention, and 
of the Standing Committee of Minnesota, for a period 
of more than twenty years. 

He was the Founder of S. Barnabas' Hospital in 
Minneapolis, and also of the Orphans' Home, as well 
as several parishes in and around Minneapolis. 

It is worthy of note that during his Eectorship of 

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DAVID BUEL KNICKERB ACKER. 333 

this one parish, he saw the growth of Minneapolis from 
a little hamlet of five hundred people into a City of 
nearly one hundred thousand souls. 

He received the Decree of Doctor of Sacred The- 
ology from Trinity College, a.d. 1873. 

Consecrated Bishop of Indiana in S. Mark's Church, 
Philadelphia, on the 14th day of October, a.d. 1883, by 
The Eight Rev. Arthur Cleveland Coxe, S.T.D., LL.D., 
assisted by The Right Rev. Henry Benjamin Whipple, 
D.D., The Right Rev. Charles Franklin Robertson, 
S.T.D., The Right Rev. "William Woodruff Mies, 
S.T.D., The Right Rev. Theodore Benedict Lyman, 
S.T.D., The Right Rev. John Scarborough, S.T.D., The 
Right Rev. George DeKormandie Gillespie, S.T.D., The 
Right Rev. George Franklin Seymour, S.T.D., LL.D., 
and The Most Rev. John Medley, D.D., Lord Bishop 
of Fredericton, and Metropolitan of Canada. 



ISTo. 131. 
THE RIGHT REVEREND 

HENRY CODMAN POTTER, D.D., LL.D. 

Assistant Bishop of New York, was born in the City 
of Schenectady, New York, on the 25th day of May, 
a.d. 1835. 

He was educated at The Episcopal Academy in Phila- 
delphia, and entered upon Mercantile life, which he 
shortly relinquished, having determined to study for 
Holy Orders. His classical education was under the 
immediate direction of his Father, sometime Bishop of 
Pennsylvania, and The Rev. G. Emlen Hare, D.D. 

He graduated at The Theological Seminary of Vir- 
ginia, at Alexandria, a.d. 1857. 

Ordered Deacon in S. Luke's Church, Philadelphia, 
on the 27th day of May, a.d. 1857, by The Right Rev. 
Alonzo Potter, D.D., LL.D. 

Ordained Priest in Trinity Church, Pittsburgh, on the 
15th day of October, a.d. 1858, by The Right Rev. 
Samuel Bowman, D.D. 

His "first Pastoral work was as the Rector of Christ 
Church, Greensburg, Pennsylvania. In May, 1859, he 
became the Rector of S. John's Church, Troy, New 
York; in May, 1866, Assistant Minister at Trinity 

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HENRY CODMAN POTTER. 3.35 

Church, Boston, and in May, 1868, Rector of Grace 
Church, New York, which latter position he held at 
the time of his elevation to the Episcopate. 

He received the Degree of Master of Arts from 
Union College, Schenectady, a.d. 1863, Doctor in 
Divinity, a.d. 1865, and Doctor of Laws, a.d. 1878. 

He was Secretary of the House of Bishops from 
1865 until 1883, inclusive, and a member of the Board 
of Managers for Domestic Missions for several years. 

In 1862 he was elected Rector of Christ Church, 
Cincinnati, in 1863, President of Kenyon College 
and Rector of S. Paul's Church, Albany, all of which 
he declined. In 1875 he was elected Bishop of Iowa, 
which honor he also declined. 

Consecrated Assistant Bishop of New York, on the 
20th day of October, a.d. 1883, at Grace Church, New 
York, by The Right Rev. Benjamin Bosworth Smith, 
S.T.D., LL.D., assisted by The Right Rev. John Wil- 
liams, D.D., The Right Rev. Thomas March Clark, 
S.T.D., LL.D., The Right Rev. Henry Benjamin Whip- 
ple, D.D., The Right Rev. William Bacon Stevens, 
D.D., LL.D., The Right Rev. Abram Newkirk Little - 
John, D.D., The Right Rev. William Croswell Doane, 
S.T.D., and The Right Rev. Frederic Dan Huntington, 
S.T.D. 

In addition to the above Bishops who acted by ap- 
pointment as assisting in the Consecration, The Right 
Rev. Henry Champlin Lay, S.T.D. , LL.D., and The 
Right Rev. Mark Antony DeWolfe Howe, S.T.D., 
LL.D., acted as Presenters. The Right Rev. John 
Williams, S.T.D., LL.D., preached the Sermon; The 
Right Rev. Henry Adams Neely, S.T.D., and The 



336 HENRY CO DM AN POTT E It 

Right Rev. George Franklin Seymour, S.T.D., LL.D., 
assisted in the Service. 

There were present at the Consecration twenty-five 
others of the House of Bishops, and more than three 
hundred of the Clergy. The Presiding Bishop, who 
was the Consecrator, was born in 1794, and must have 
known during his long life all the members of the 
American Episcopate, from the day of Bishop White. 

Writings. — Thirty Years Renewed, Our Three- 
Fold Victory, Young Men's Christian Associations 
and their Work, The Church and Her Children, The 
Religion for To-day, Sermons of the City, The Gates 
of the East, Sisterhoods and Deaconesses, etc. 

Charge to his Diocese, a.d. 1890, on " The Offices of 
Wardens and Vestrymen. " 



JSTo. 13^. 
THE RIGHT REVEREND 

ALFRED MAGILL RANDOLPH, D.D. 

Assistant Bishop of Virginia, was born in Winchester, 
Frederick County, Virginia, on the 31st day of August, 
a.d. 1836. 

He graduated at William and Mary College, a.d. 
1855, and at The Theological Seminary of Virginia, at 
Alexandria, a.d. 1858. 

Ordered Deacon in the Chapel of the Seminary at 
Alexandria, on the 2d day of July, a.d. 1858, by The 
Right Rev. William Meade, D.D. 

Ordained Priest in S. George's Church, Fredericks- 
burg, on the 18th clay of November, a.d. 1860, by The 
Right Rev. John Johns, S.T.D. 

His first Pastoral work was in the Rectorship of S. 
George's Church, Fredericksburg. In 1867 he became 
the Rector of Emmanuel Church, Baltimore, Maryland, 
which position he held at the time of his elevation to 
the Episcopate. 

He received the Degree of Doctor in Divinity from 
William and Mary College, a.d. 1875. 

Consecrated Assistant Bishop of Virginia, in Em- 
manuel Church, Baltimore, on the 21st day of October, 
a.d. 1883, by The Right Rev. Alfred Lee, S.T.D., LL.D., 

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338 ALFRED MAGILL RANDOLPH. 

assisted by The Right Rev. William Bell White Howe, 
D.D., S.T.D., The Right Rev. Thomas Underwood 
Dudley, D.D., The Right Rev. William Stevens Perry, 
S.T.D., LL.D., The Right Rev. George William Peter- 
kin, D.D., and The Right Rev. Alexander Burgess, 
S.T.D. 



JSTo. 133. 
THE RIGHT REVEREND 

WILLIAM DAVID WALKER, S.T.D. 

Missionary Bishop of North Dakota, was born in the 
City of New York, on the 29th day of June, a.d. 1839. 

He was educated at Trinity School in preparatory 
studies, and entered Columbia College, a.d. 1855, 
whence he graduated, a.d. 1859. In the autumn of 
the same year he entered The General Theological 
Seminary, and graduated, a.d. 1862. 

Ordered Deacon in The Church of The Transfigura- 
tion, New York, on the 29th day of June, a.d. 1862, 
by The Right Eev. Horatio Potter, S.T.D. , LL.D., 
D.C.L. 

Ordained Priest in Calvary Church, New York, on 
the 29th day of June, a.d. 1863, by the same Prelate. 

His entire Pastoral work was spent as Assistant 
Minister at Calvary Church, with special care of the 
Chapel Congregation of that Parish. 

Consecrated Missionary Bishop of North Dakota, in 
Calvary Church, New York, on the 20th day of De- 
cember, a.d. 1883, by The Right Rev. Thomas March 
Clark, S.T.D., LL.D., assisted by The Right Rev. Ar- 
thur Cleveland Coxe, S.T.D., LL.D., The Right Rev. 
Robert Harper Clarkson, D.D.,LL.D., The Right Rev. 
Benjamin Wistar Morris, D.D., The Right Rev. Abram 

339 



340 WILLIAM DAVID WALKER. 

New kirk Littlejolm, D.D., LL.D., The Right Rev. 
Benjamin Henry Paddock, S.T.D., The Right Rev 
John Adams Paddock, S.T.D., and The Right Rev. 
Henry Codman Potter, D.D., LL.D. 

The Right Rev. John Scarborough, S.T.D., and The 
Right Rev. Thomas Alfred Starkey, S.T.D., were pres- 
ent, though not assisting in the act of Consecration. 

He received the Degree of Doctor in Sacred The- 
ology from Racine College, a.d. 1884. 



No. 134. 
THE RIGHT REVEREND 

ALFRED AUGUSTIN WATSON, D.D. 

The first Bishop of East Carolina, was born in the City 
of New York, on the 21st day of August, a.d. 1818. 

He graduated at The University of New York, a.d. 
1837, and entered upon the study of Law. In 1841 
he was admitted to practice in the Supreme Court of 
the State of New York. 

He relinquished his profession after a little more 
than a year, and began his studies for Holy Orders. 

Ordered Deacon in S. Ann's Church, Brooklyn, by 
The Bight Rev. Benjamin Treadwell Onderdonk, 
S.T.D., on the 3d day of November, a.d. 1844. 

Ordained Priest in S. John's Church, Fayetteville, 
North Carolina, by The Bight Bev. Levi Silliman Ives, 
S.T.D., LL.D., on the 25th day of May, a.d. 1845. 

His first parochial work was in the Bectorship of 
Grace Church, Plymouth, and S. Luke's, Washington 
County, North Carolina, where he remained fourteen 
years. In 1858 he became the Bector of Christ Church, 
New-Berne. 

Id 1861 he was commissioned as Chaplain to the 
2d Begiment of North Carolina State Troops. 

In 1863 he became the Assistant to Bishop Atkinson, 
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342 ALFRED AUGUSTIN WATSON. 

in Charge of S. James' Parish, Wilmington. In 1864 
he became the Eector of S. James' Church, where he 
remained until his elevation to the Episcopate. 

He received the Degree of Doctor in Divinity from 
The University of North Carolina, in June, a.d. 1868. 

He was a member of the Standing Committee of the 
Diocese, and Deputy to the General Convention for 
many years. 

Consecrated Bishop of East Carolina, in S. James' 
Church, Wilmington, on the 17th day of April, a.d. 
1884, by The Right Rev. William Mercer Green, 
D.D., LL.D., assisted by The Right Rev. Henry Adams 
JSTeely, S.T.D., The Right Rev" William Bell White 
Howe, D.D., The Right Rev. Theodore Benedict 
Lyman, S.T.D., The Right Rev. George Franklin Sey- 
mour, S.T.D., LL.D., and The Right Rev. Alfred 
Magill Randolph, D.D. 

The Diocese of East Carolina was organized in 1883, 
and consists of the thirty-two easternmost Counties 
of the State of North Carolina. 



No. 135. 

THE RIGHT REVEREND 

WILLIAM JONES BOONE, D.D. 

The fourth Missionary Bishop to China, (son of the 
first Bishop to China, nephew of the first Bishop of 
Georgia, and first cousin of the first Bishop of West- 
ern Texas,) was born in Shanghai on the 17th day of 
May, a.d. 1846. 

He graduated at the College of .New Jersey, (Prince- 
ton,) a.d. 1865 : studied Theology at the Philadelphia 
Divinity School and at the Virginia Theological Sem- 
inary. 

Ordered Deacon in S. Paul's Church, Petersburg, 
Virginia, on the 26th day of July, a.d. 1868, by The 
Right Rev. John Watrus Beckwith, S.T.D. 

Ordained Priest in the Church of S. John the Evan- 
gelist, Hankow, China, on the 28th day of October, 
a.d. 1870, by The Right Rev. Channing Moore Wil- 
liams, D.D. 

His first work was as the Assistant Minister in Em- 
manuel Church, Athens, Georgia, with charge of a 
Mission, which subsequently became a Parish, under 
the name of S. Mary's. 

In January, 1869, he became the Rector of S. 
James' Church, Eufala, Alabama. In June of that 
year, he was appointed as Missionary to China, and 

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344 WILLIAM JONES BOONE. 

was stationed at Wuchang, where he remained ten 
years. In 1879 he was transferred to Shanghai, as the 
Chaplain and head of the Theological School in S. 
John's College. He was a member of the Standing 
Committee, and for two years the President. 

At a special meeting of the House of Bishops in 
'New York, in April, 1884, he was chosen to succeed 
Bishop Schereschewsky, whose failing health compelled 
him to relinquish the work. 

Consecrated Bishop of Shanghai, having jurisdiction 
in China, in the English Cathedral of The Holy Trin- 
ity, Shanghai, on the 28th day of October, a.d. 1884, 
by The Right Rev. Channing Moore Williams, D. D., 
assisted by The Right Rev. George Evans Moule, D.D., 
and The Right Rev. Charles Perry Scott, D.D. 

He received the Degree of Doctor in Divinity from 
Kenyon College, a.d. 1884. 

Writings. — His literary work has been confined, for 
the most part, to the work of translation. 



No. 136. 

THE RIGHT REVEREND 

NELSON SOMERVILLE RULISON, D.D. 

Assistant Bishop of Central Pennsylvania, was born 
in Carthage, New York, on the 24th day of April, 
a.d. 1842. 

He graduated at the Governeur Academy, Carthage, 
a.d. 1861, and at the General Theological Seminary, 
a.d. 1866. 

Ordered Deacon in Grace Church, TJtica, N. Y., on 
the 27th day of May, a.d. 1866, by The Eight Rev. 
Arthur Cleveland Coxe, D.D., LL.D. 

Ordained Priest in the Church of the Annunciation, 
New York, on the 30th day of November, a.d. 1866, by 
The Right Rev. Horatio Potter, D.D., LL.D. 

He spent his Diaconate as the Assistant to the Rev. 
Dr. Seabury in the Church of the Annunciation, New 
York City. In 1867 he became the Rector of Zion 
Church, Morris, New York, succeeding The Right 
Rev. Dr. Tuttle, who had been made Bishop of 
Montana, Idaho, and Utah. In 1870 he became the 
Rector of S. John's Church, Jersey City, and in 1877 
Rector of S. Paul's Church, Cleveland, Ohio, where 
he remained until his elevation to the Episcopate. 

He' was Chairman of the Standing Committee of the 

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346 NELSON SOMERVILLE RULISON. 

Diocese of Ohio, and Deputy to the General Con- 
vention. 

He received the Degree of Doctor in Divinity from 
Kenyon College, a.d. 1884. 

Consecrated Assistant Bishop of Central Pennsyl- 
vania, in S. Paul's Church, Cleveland, Ohio, on the 
28th day of October, a.d. 1884, by the Right Rev. 
Alfred Lee, D.D., LL.D., assisted by The Right Rev. 
Gregory Thurston Bedell, D.D., LL.D., The Right 
Rev. William Bacon Stevens, D.D., LL.D., The Right 
Rev. Mark Anthony De Wolfe Howe, D.D., LL.D., The 
Right Rev. Thomas Augustus Jaggar, D.D., The Right 
William Edward McLaren, D.D.^ LL.D., The Right 
Rev. Samuel Smith Harris, D.D., LL.D., The Right 
Rev. Cortland Whitehead, D.D„ and The Right Rev. 
David Bull Knickerbacker, S.T.D. 

Bishop Stevens preached the sermon. 

Writings. — Occasional Sermons, Addresses and 
Essays. 

In 1889, Bishop Howe withdrew from all active work 
in the Diocese, and officially demitted all the Bishop's 
powers to the Assistant. 



No. 137. 

THE RIGHT REVEREND 

WILLIAM PARET, S.T.D., LL.D. 

The sixth Bishop of Maryland, was born in the City 
of New York on the 23d day of September, a.d. 1826. 

He graduated at Hobart College, a.d. 1849, and 
studied Theology under the personal direction of 
Bishop DeLancey. 

Ordered Deacon in Trinity Church, Geneva, New 
York, on the 2d day of July, a.d. 1832, by The Eight 
Rev. Carlton Chase, D.D. 

Ordained Priest in Grace Church, Rochester, New 
York, on the 28th day of June, a.d. 1853, by The 
Right Rev. W. H. DeLancey, D.D. 

He was successively Rector of St. John's, Clyde, 
New York; Zion Church, Pierrepont Manor; St. 
Paul's Church, East Saginaw, Michigan; Trinity 
Church, Elmira, New York; Christ Church, Wil- 
liamsport, Penn. ; and the Church of the Epiphany, 
Washington, D. C. 

He received the Degree of Doctor of Sacred Theology 
from Hobart College, a.d. 1868, and that of Doctor of 
Laws from the same college, a.d. 1886. 

Consecrated Sixth Bishop of Maryland in the Church 
of the Epiphany, Washington, D. C, on the 8th day of 
January, a.d. 1885, by The Right Rev. Alfred Lee, D.D., 

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348 WILLIAM PA RET. 

LL.D., assisted by The Eight Rev. Henry Champlin Lay, 
S.T.D., LL.D., The Right Rev. William Bacon Stevens, 
D.D., LL.D., The Right Rev. Henry Adams Eeely, 
S.T.D., The Right Rev. William Bell White Howe, 
D.D., S.T.D., The Right Rev. Theodore Benedict Ly- 
man, S.T.D., The Right Rev. William Stevens Perry, 
S.T.D., LL.D., The Right Rev. Robert Woodward 
Barnwell Elliott, D.D., and The Right Rev. Cortlandt 
Whitehead, D.D. 



No. 138. 

THE EIGHT REVEREND 

GEORGE WORTHINGTON, S.T.D., LL.D. 

The second Bishop of Nebraska, was born in Lenox, 
Mass., on the 14th da} 7 of October, a.d. 1840. 

He graduated at Hobart College, a.d. 1860, and at 
the General Theological Seminary, a.d. 1863. 

Ordered Deacon in the Church of the Annunciation, 
New York, on the 28th day of June, a.d. 1863, by The 
Right Rev. Horatio Potter, D.D., LL.D. 

Ordained Priest in the Church of the Transfiguration, 
New York, on the 29th day of January, a.d. 1864, by 
the same Prelate. 

He was successively Assistant at S. Paul's Church, 
Troy, New York, Christ Church, Balston Spa, New 
York, and for seventeen years at S. John's Church, 
Detroit, Michigan. 

He was, for many years, the President of the Stand- 
ing Committee of the Diocese of Michigan, one of the 
Bishop's Examining Chaplains, and a Deputy to the 
General Convention. 

During the vacancy in the Episcopate of Michigan, 
1878-9, he was twice elected by the clergy, but the 
laity did not confirm. 

In 1888, he was chosen by the House of Bishops as 
the Missionary Bishop of the American Church in 

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350 GEORGE WORTHINGTON. 

China, but he declined. In 1884 he was elected to 
the Episcopate of Nebraska, which he declined, but 
the Diocese re-elected him, and he finally accepted. 

Consecrated Bishop of Nebraska, in S. John's 
Church, Detroit, on the 24th day of February, a.d. 
1885, by The Right Rev. Arthur Cleveland Coxe, D.D., 
LL.D., assisted by The Right Rev. William Hobart 
Hare, S.T.D., The Right Rev. George De Normanclie 
Gillespie, S.T.D., The Right Rev. William Edward 
McLaren, S.T.D., The Right Rev. William Stevens 
Perry, S.T.D., LL.D., The Right Rev. George Frank- 
lin Seymour, S.T.D., LL.D., The Right Rev. Samuel 
Smith Harris, D.D., LL.D., and The Right Rev. Henry 
Codman Potter, D.D., LL.D. 

The Degrees of A.M., S.T.D., and LL.D. were all 
conferred by his Alma Mater. 



No. 139. 

THE EIGHT REVEREND 

SAMUEL DAVID FERGUSON, D.D. 

The fourth Missionary Bishop to Cape Palmas and 
parts adjacent in Africa, was born in Charleston, South 
Carolina, on the 1st clay of January, a.d. 1842. 

In the year 1848, his parents removed to Liberia, 
and he was placed at school in the Mission of the 
American Church, under the direction of the Rev. 
C. C. Hoffman, where he remained until his ordina- 
tion. Bishop Payne and the Eev. J. G. Auer (Bishop 
Payne's immediate successor) were his instructors in 
Theology. 

Ordered Deacon in S. Mark's Church, Cape Palmas, 
on the 31st day of December, a.d. 1865, by The Right 
Rev. John Payne, D.D. 

Ordained Priest in Trinity Church, Monrovia, on 
the 15th day of March, a.d. 1867, by the same Prelate. 

His ministerial life was spent in the Cape Palmas 
Mission, in charge of St. Mark's Church and the High 
School at Mt. Yaughan. 

The degree of Doctor in Divinity was conferred by 
the Faculty of the Theological Seminary, Gambier, 
Ohio, a.d. 1885. 

Consecrated Missionary Bishop of Cape Palmas and 
parts adjacent in Grace Church, New York, on the 

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352 SAMUEL DAVID FERGUSON. 

24th clay of June, a.d. 1885, by The Right Rev/Alfred 
Lee, D.D., LL.D., assisted by The Right Rev. William 
Bacon Stevens, D.D., LL.D., The Right Rev. Abram 
Newkirk Littlejohn, D.D., LL.D., Cantab., The Right 
Rev. Thomas Alfred Starkey, D.D., and The Right 
Rev. Henry Codman Potter, D.D., LL.D. 



No. 140. 
THE EIGHT REVEREND 

EDWIN GARDNER WEED, S.T.D. 

The third Bishop of Florida, was born in Savannah, 
Georgia, on the 23d day of July, a.d. 1847. 

After a course of study at the University of Georgia, 
he proceeded to Germany, and entered the University 
at Berlin. Returning to the United States, he entered 
the General Theological Seminary, where he graduated 
in 1870. 

Ordered Deacon in S. Luke's Church, Darien, Con- 
necticut, on the 24th day of August, a.d. 1870, by The 
Kierht John Watrus Beckwith, S.T.D. 

Ordained Priest in the Church of the Good Shep- 
herd, Summerville, Georgia, on the 29th clay of Decem- 
ber, a.d. 1871, by the same Prelate. 

Immediately after his ordination he became the 
Hector of the Church of The Good Shepherd, Sum- 
merville, (near Augusta,) Georgia, where he remained 
until his elevation to the Episcopate. 

In 1886 he received the Degree of Doctor of Sacred 
Theology, from Racine College. 

Consecrated Bishop of Florida in S. John's Church, 
Jacksonville, on the 11th day of August, a.d. 1886, by 
The Right Rev. Charles Todd Quintard, D.D., LL.D., 

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354 E £> WIN GARDNER WEED. 

assisted by The Right Rev. William Bell White Howe, 
D.D., The Right Rev. R. W. Barnwell Elliott, D.D., 
The Right Rev. George Franklin Seymour, S.T.D., 
LL.D., and the Right Rev. John Nicholas Gallaher, 
D.D. 



no. i4i. 

THE RIGHT REVEREND 

MAHLON NORMS GILBERT, D.D. 

Assistant Bishop of Minnesota, was born in the town 
of Laurens, Otsego County, New York, on the 23d 
day of March, a.d. 1848. 

He was educated at Fairfield Seminary, Hobart Col- 
lege, and Seabury Divinity School. 

A severe hemorrhage of the lungs necessitated his 
leaving college in the Junior year. After two y ears' 
residence in Florida, he removed to Utah, where he 
opened the school of the Good Shepherd at Ogden. 
Two years later he entered the Seabury Divinity School, 
Faribault, Minnesota, where he graduated in June, a.d. 
1875. 

Ordered Deacon in the Cathedral, Faribault, on the 
20th day of June, a.d. 1875, by The Right Rev. Henry 
Benjamin Whipple, D.D. 

Ordained Priest in S. James' Church, Deer Lodge, 
Montana, on the 17th day of October, a.d. 1875, by The 
Right Rev. Daniel Sylvester Tuttle, S.T.D. 

He was Missionary in charge of S. James' Church, 
Deer Lodge, Montana, until July, 1878, when he be- 
came Rector of S. Peter's Church, Helena, Montana. 
In January, 1881, he became the Rector of Christ 

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356 MARLON NORMS GILBERT. 

Church, St. Paul, Minnesota, where he remained until 
his elevation to the Episcopate. 

Consecrated Assistant Bishop of Minnesota, in S. 
James' Church, Chicago, Illinois, on the 17th day of 
October, a.d. 1886, by the Right Rev. Alfred Lee, D.D., 
LL.D., assisted by the Right Rev. Gregory Thurston 
Bedell, D.D., LL.D., The Right Rev. Henry Benjamin 
Whipple, D.D., The Right Rev. Arthur Cleveland 
Coxe, D.D.,LL.D., The Right Rev. William Croswell 
Doane, D.D.,LL.D., The Right Rev. Daniel Sylvester 
Tuttle, S.T.D., The Right Rev. Leigh Richmond 
Brewer, D.D., The Right Rev. David Buel Knicker- 
backer, D.D., and The Right Rev. Henry Codman 
Potter, D.D., LL.D. 

He received the Degrees of M.A. and D.D. from 
Hobart College, B.D. and D.D. from Seabury Divin- 
ity School, and S.T.D. from Racine College. 



No. 142. 
THE RIGHT REVEREND 

ELISHA SMITH THOMAS, D.D. 

The second Bishop of Kansas, was born in Wickford, 
Rhode Island, on the 2d day of March, a.d. 1834. 

He graduated at Yale College, New Haven, Con- 
necticut, a.d. 1858, and at the Berkeley Divinity School, 
Middletown, Conn., a.d. 1861. 

Ordered Deacon in S. Paul's Church, "Wickford, 
Ehode Island, on the 17th day of May, a.d. 1861, by 
The Right Rev. Thomas March Clark, D.D., S.T.D. 

Ordained Priest in S. Paul's Church, New Haven, 
Connecticut, on the 5th day of April, a.d. 1862, by The 
Right Rev. John Williams, D.D. 

He was successively Rector of S. Paul's Mission, 
New Haven, Seabury Divinity School, Faribault, S. 
Mark's Church, Minneapolis, and S. Paul's Church, 
St. Paul. 

Consecrated Assistant Bishop of Kansas in S. 
Paul's Church, St. Paul, Minnesota, on the 4th day 
of May, a.d. 1887, by The Right Rev. Henry Benjamin 
Whipple, D.D., assisted by The Right Rev. Thomas 
Hubbard Vail, D.D., LL.D., The Right Rev. Daniel 
Sylvester Tuttle, S.T.D., The Right Rev. John Henry 
Hobart Brown, D.D., The Right Rev. David Buel 

357 



358 ELISHA SMITH THOMAS. 

Knickerbacker, S.T.D., and The Right Eev. Mahlon 
Morris Gilbert, D.D., S.T.D. 

Upon the death of Bishop Vail, October 6th, 1889, 
he became the Bishop of Kansas. 

He received the Degree of Doctor of Sacred The- 
ology from Yale College, and from Seabury Divinity 
School, A. d. 1887. The same year he received the 
Degree of Doctor in Divinity from Kenyon College, 
Gambier, Ohio. 

Writings. — The Intellectual Demand for God; The 
Apocalypse, and various Essays. 



3STo. 143. 
THE RIGHT REVEREND 

ETHELBEKT TALBOT, D.D., LL.D. 

The first Missionary Bishop of a jurisdiction created 
in 1886, under the title of Wyoming and Idaho, in- 
cluding the whole of both Territories, was born in 
Fayette, Missouri, on the 9th day of October, a.d. 
1848. 

He graduated at Dartmouth College, a.d. 1870, and 
at the General Theological Seminary, a.d. 1873. 

Ordered Deacon in the Church of the Transfigura- 
tion, New York, on the 29th day of June, a.d. 1873, 
by The Right Rev. Charles Franklin Robertson, S.T.D. 

Ordained Priest in S. Mary's Church, Fayette, Mis- 
souri, on the 4th day of November, a.d. 1874, by the 
same Prelate. 

He was the founder of S. James' Military School 
for Boys at Macon, Missouri, where he remained until 
his elevation to the Episcopate. 

In 1887, he received the Degree of Doctor in Divinity 
from Dartmouth College, Doctor of Sacred Theology 
from the General Theological Seminary, and Doctor 
of Laws from the University of Missouri. 

Consecrated Missionary Bishop of Wyoming and 
Idaho in Christ Church, St. Louis, Missouri, on the 
27th day of May, a.d., 1887, by The Right Rev. Henry 

359 



360 ETHELBERT TALBOT. 

Benjamin Whipple, D.D., assisted by The Right Rev. 
Charles Todd Quintard, S.T.D.,LL.D., The Right Rev- 
Daniel Sylvester Tuttle, S.T.D., The Right Rev. John 
Franklin Spalding, S.T.D., The Right Rev. William 
Stevens Perry, S.T.D. LL.D., The Right Rev. Alex- 
ander Burgess, S.T.D. , and The Right Rev. George 
Franklin Seymour, S.T.D., LL.D. 



No. 14L4. 

THE RIGHT REVEREND 

JAMES STEPTOE JOHNSTON, D.D. 

The second Missionary Bishop of Western Texas, was 
born in Church Hill, Mississippi, on the 9th day of June, 
a.d. 1843. 

He was educated at Oakland College, Mississippi, 
and at the University of Virginia. 

At the beginning of the war between the States he 
enlisted in the 11th Mississippi Regiment, and was sub- 
sequently promoted to the rank of 2d Lieutenant. 

In 1868 he was admitted to the bar, but he relin- 
quished his profession and became a candidate for 
Holy Orders. 

Ordered Deacon in Christ Church, Vicksburg, Mis- 
sissippi, on the 22d day of December, a.d. 1869, by 
The Right Rev. William Mercer Green, D.D. 

Ordained Priest in Trinity Church, Natchez, Missis- 
sippi, on the 30th day of April, a.d. 1871, by the same 
Prelate. 

He was successively Rector of S. James' Church, 
Port Gibson, Mississippi, The Church of the Ascen- 
sion, Mt. Sterling, Kentucky, and Trinity Church, 
Mobile, Alabama. 

Consecrated Missionary Bishop of Western Texas 
in Trinity Church, Mobile, on the 6th day of January, 

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362 JAMES STEPTOE JOHNSTON. 

a.d. 1888, by the Right Rev. Richard Hooker Wilmer, 
D.D., assisted by the Right Rev. Thomas Underwood 
Dudley, D.D., The Right Rev. Samuel Smith Harris, 
D.D., LL.D., The Right Rev. John Nicholas Gallaher, 
S.T.D., and the Right Rev. Hugh Miller Thompson, 
S.T.D. 

He received the Degree of Doctor in Divinity from 
the University of the South, a.d. 1888. 



No. 145. 

THE RIGHT REVEREND 

ABIEL LEONARD, S.T.-D. 

The second Missionary Bishop of Nevada and Utah — ■ 
the jurisdiction having been re-arranged in 1886 — was 
born in Fayette, Missouri, on the 26th day of June, 
a.d. 1848. 

He graduated at Dartmouth College, a.d. 1870, and 
at the General Theological Seminary, a.d. 1873. 

Ordered Deacon in the Church of the Transfigura- 
tion, 'New York, on the 29th day of June, a.d. 1873, 
by The Right Eev. Charles Franklin Robertson, S.T.D. 

Ordained Priest in S. Mary's Church, Fayette, Mis- 
souri, on the 4th day of November, a.d. 1873, by the 
same Prelate. 

He was successively Rector of Calvary Church, 
Seclalia, Missouri, Trinity Church, Hannibal, Missouri, 
and Trinity Church, Atchison, Kansas. 

In Kansas he was one of the Trustees of the The- 
ological School and of the Diocesan Church property, 
as also Dean of the Convocation, Canon of the Cathe- 
dral, and Visitor to the College of the Sisters of 
Bethany. 

He received the Degree of Doctor of Sacred Theology 
from the College of the Sisters of Bethany, Topeka, 
Kansas, and from Griswold College, Iowa, a.d. 1887. 

363 



364 ABIEL LEONARD. 

Consecrated Missionary Bishop of Nevada and Utah 
in Christ Church, St. Louis, on the 25th clay of January, 
a.d. 1888, by The Eight Rev. Thomas Hubbard Vail, 
S.T.D., LL.D., assisted by The Right Rev. Charles 
Todd Quintard, S.T.D., LL.D., The Right Rev. Daniel 
Sylvester Tuttle, S.T.D., The Right Rev. William 
Stevens Perry, S.T.D., LL.D., The" Right Rev. Alex- 
ander Burgess, S.T.D., The Right Rev. George Frank- 
lin Seymour, S.T.D., LL.D., The Right Rev. William 
David Walker, S.T.D., The Right Rev. Elisha Smith 
Thomas, D.D., S.T.D., and The Right Rev. Ethelbert 
Talbot, D.D., S.T.D., LL.D. 

Bishop Leonard's great-grandfather was Chaplain to 
George Washington's forces in the War of the Revolu- 
tion ; his grandfather was a captain in the War of 1812, 
and his father Judge of the Supreme Court in the State 
of Missouri. 



No. 146. 

THE EIGHT REVEREND 

LEIGHTON COLEMAN, S.T.D., LL.D. 

The second Bishop of Delaware, was born in the City 
of Philadelphia on the 3d day of May, a.d. 1837. 

He received his early education at the Episcopal 
Academy in Philadelphia, and after some years of 
commercial life he entered the General Theological 
Seminary, where he graduated in 1861. While in the 
Senior Class he was 

Ordered Deacon in S. James' Church, Philadelphia, 
on the 1st day of July, a.d. 1860, by The Right Rev. 
Alonzo Potter, D.D., LL.D. 

Ordained Priest in the Memorial Church of S. Luke 
the Beloved Physician, Bustleton, Pennsylvania, on the 
15th day of May, a.d. 1861, by the same Prelate. 

While in the Senior Class at the Seminary he worked 
as the Missionary of the Church in the public institu- 
tions on Blackwell's and Randall's Islands, New York. 

After his graduation he was placed in charge of S. 
Luke's, Bustleton. From this parish he removed in 
November, 1863, to Wilmington, Delaware, and became 
the Rector of S. John's Church, in which he was subse- 
quently consecrated as Bishop of Delaware. In 1866 
he removed to Mauch Chunk, Pennsylvania, where he 
was instrumental in the building of one of the most 

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36(5 LE1GHT0N COLEMAN 

complete and beautiful churches in the country (S. 
Mark's). He was at the same time Rector of S. 
John's Church, East Mauch Chunk. During a portion 
of the time he was at Mauch Chunk he held the 
Eectorship of the parishes of Summit Hill and White 
Haven, which parishes he served gratuitously until 
they were able to support a resident Rector. 

In 1874 he removed to Toledo, Ohio, as Rector of 
Trinity Church. During this rectorship a large and 
handsome Parish Building was erected, and a flour- 
ishing Church School established. Calvary Chapel, 
Toledo, was built at the same time. He served as 
Rector (gratuitously) the parishes of Maumee and 
Grace Church, Toledo, until they were prepared to 
support a resident Rector. 

In January, 1875, he was elected the first Bishop of 
Fond du Lac, but declined. 

In September, 1879, in consequence of the failing 
health of his wife, he resigned and went abroad with 
his family, where he remained eight years. During 
his residence in Europe he was constantly engaged in 
ministerial work, having charge of several English 
parishes, and for nearly three years acting as Organiz- 
ing Secretary for the Diocese of Oxford of the Church- 
of-England Temperance Society. 

In September, 1877, Dr. Coleman went to Sayre, 
Pennsylvania, and became the Rector of the Church of 
the Redeemer, where, by the munificence of a former 
parishioner, he began the work of building a very 
handsome stone Church. In the mean time he was 
elected to the Episcopate, and on S. Luke's Day, 
October 18, 1889, he was 



LEIGHTON COLEMAN, 367 

Consecrated Bishop of Delaware in S. John's 
Church, "Wilmington, by The Eight Eev. Mark 
Anthony DeWolf Howe, D.D., LL.D., assisted by 
The Right Eev. Ozi William Whitaker, D.D., The 
Eight Eev. William Forbes Adams, D.D., The Eight 
Eev. John Scarborough, D.D., The Eight Eev. Cort- 
landt Whitehead, D.D., and The Eight Eev. Kelson 
Somerville Eulison, D.D. Bishop Whitehead preached 
the Sermon. 

In 1865 he received the Degree of M.A. from Trinity 
College, in 1875 the Decree of Doctor of Sacred The- 
ology from Eacine College, and in 1888 that of Doctor 
of Laws from Hobart College. 

Writings. — Sermons, Addresses, Magazine Articles, 
History of the Lehigh Valley.— In preparation, His- 
tory of the American Church. 



No. ±4/7. 

THE RIGHT REVEREND 

JOHN MILLS KENDRICK, D.D. 

The third Missionary Bishop of Arizona and New 
Mexico, was born in Gambier, Ohio, on the 14th day 
of May, a.d. 1836. 

He graduated at Marietta College, Ohio, a.d. 1856, 
and entered upon the study of Law. He was admitted 
to the Bar in New York but shortly afterward re- 
linquished his profession, and entered the Theological 
Seminary at Gambier, where he graduated a.d. 1864. 

Ordered Deacon in the Seminary Chapel, Gambier, 
on the 31st day of May, a.d. 1864, by The Right Rev. 
Charles Petit Mcllvaine, D.D., LL.D. 

Ordained Priest in the same place on the 28th day 
of June, a.d. 1865, by the same Prelate. 

His first work in the ministry was at a mission in 
Put-in-Bay, Ohio. In 1867 he became the Rector of 
S. Andrew's Church, Fort Scott, Kansas; in 1869, 
Rector of S. Paul's, Leavenworth; in 1875, Rector 
of the Church of The Good Shepherd, Columbus, 
Ohio ; in 1878, Superintendent of the City Missions in 
Cincinnati; in 1883, "General Missionary" of the 
Diocese of Southern Ohio, wdiich position he held un- 
til his elevation to the Episcopate. 

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JOHN MILLS KEN D RICK. 369 

In 1888 be received the Degree of Doctor in Divin- 
ity from his Alma Mater. 

Consecrated Missionary Bishop of "New Mexico and 
Arizona in Trinity Church, Columbus, Ohio, on the 
10th day of January, a.d. 1889, by The Right Eev. 
Daniel Sylvester Tuttle, S.T.D., assisted by The Right 
Rev. Thomas Underwood Dudley, D.D., The Right 
Rev. David Buel Knickerbacker, S.T.D., and The Right 
Rev. Nelson Somerville Rulison, D.D. Bishop Rulison 
preached the Sermon. 

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No. 148. 

THE RIGHT REVEREND 

BOYD VINCENT, S.T.D. 

The first Assistant Bishop of Southern Ohio, was born 
in Erie, Pennsylvania, on the 18th day of May, a.d. 
1845. 

He graduated at Yale College, New Haven, Connec- 
ticut, a.d. 1867, and at the Berkeley Divinity School, 
Middletown, Connecticut, a.d. 1871. 

Ordered Deacon in S. Paul's Church, Erie, on the 
18th day of June, a.d. 1871, by The Eight Rev. John 
Barrett Kerfoot, D.D. 

Ordained Priest on the 12th day of June, a.d. 1872, 
in the same Church and by the same Prelate. 

His first work in the Ministry was as the Assistant 
Minister in S. Paul's Church, Erie, of which Church 
the Rev. J. F. Spalding, subsequently the Bishop of 
Colorado, w r as the Rector, and he was assigned to the 
special charge of the Mission, which eventuated in the 
parish known as "The Church of the Cross and 
Crown." 

In 1874 he removed to Pittsburg, and became the 
Rector of Calvary Church, where he remained until 
his elevation to the Episcopate. 

In 1889 he received the Degree of Doctor of Sacred 
Theology from Trinity College, Hartford. 

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BOYD VINCENT. 371 

Consecrated Assistant Bishop of Southern Ohio on 
the 25th clay of January, a.d. 1889, in S. Paul's Church, 
Cincinnati, by The Right Rev. John Franklin Spald- 
ing, S.T.D., assisted by The Right Rev. Thomas Under- 
wood Dudley, D.D., The Right Rev. Charles Clifton 
Penick, D.I)., The Right Rev. Cortlandt Whitehead, 
D.D., and The Right Rev. David Buel Knickerbaeker, 
S.T.D. 

The Consecrator preached the Sermon. 

Upon the day of Bishop Vincent's consecration a 
" Demission of Powers " was conveyed to him from 
Bishop Jaggar, to wit : 

To all to lohom these Presents shall come, Greeting : — ■ 

Be it hereby known that I, Thomas Augustus Jag- 
gar, D.D., by Divine permission Bishop of the Prot- 
estant Episcopal Church in the Diocese of Southern 
Ohio, being unable by reason of continued infirmity to 
discharge the duties of my office, have, in accordance 
with the provisions of Title L, Canon 15, S. V. of the 
Digest, assigned and do hereby assign to the Rt. Rev. 
Boyd Vincent, Assistant Bishop of the Diocese afore- 
said, all the duties and powers of the said office, and 
have empowered and do hereby empower him, the Rt. 
Rev. Boyd Vincent, to exercise all the authorities 
which appertain to the office of the Bishop of the said 
Diocese. 

And I do further declare that this demission of 
duties, powers, and authorities is intended to be and is 
irrevocable, and will not be at any time revoked by me. 

In Testimony of which I have hereunto set my hand 
and caused my Episcopal seal to be affixed this eighth 



372 BOYD VINCENT. 

day of January, in the year of our Lord one thousand 
eight hundred and eighty-nine, and in the fourteenth 
year of my consecration. 

(Signed) Thomas A. Jaggar, 

Bishop Protestant Episcopal Church in the Diocese of Southern Ohio. 



No. 149. 
THE RIGHT REVEREND 

CYRUS FREDERICK KNIGHT, D.D., S.T.D., D.C.L. 

The fourth Bishop of Milwaukee, was boru in the City 
of Boston on the 28th day of March, a.d. 1831. 

He was educated at Burlington College and Harvard 
University, graduating at the General Theological Semi- 
nary, New York, a.d. 1854. 

Ordered Deacon in Trinity Church, £Tew York, on 
the 2d day of July, a.d. 1854, by The Eight Rev. Jona- 
than Mayhew Wainwright, D.D., D.C.L. 

Ordained Priest in S. Luke's Church, Germantown, 
Pennsylvania, on the 18th day of May, a.d. 1856, by 
The Right Rev. Alonzo Potter, D.D., LL.D. 

His Diaconate was passed as the Assistant Minister 
m S. Luke's Church, Germantown. Shortly after his 
ordination to the Priesthood he went abroad, and after 
a long period of travel and study he returned to his 
native city, where he became the Rector of S. Mark's 
Church, which position he held ten years, when he 
removed to Hartford, Connecticut, where he became 
the Rector of the Church of the Incarnation (now S. 
James'), where he remained until 1877, when he was 
made Rector of S. James' Church, Lancaster, which 
position he held until his elevation to the Episcopate. 

He was a Deputy to the General Convention from 

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374 CYRUS FREDERIC KNIGHT. 

Massachusetts, Connecticut, and Central Pennsylvania, 
covering a period of nearly twenty -five years. 

He was a member of the Standing Committee of 
Central Pennsylvania, and one of the Bishop's examin- 
ing Chaplains, as also one of the Trustees of the General 
Theological Seminary. 

Twice he was sent by the General Convention as a 
Deputy from the American Church to the Triennial 
Synod of the Canadian Church. 

He received the Degree of Doctor in Divinity from 
Bethany College, Kansas, upon the nomination of 
Bishop Vail, a.d. 1880, and that of Doctor of Civil 
Law from Bishops' College, Lennoxville, Quebec, a.d. 
1855. In January, a.d. 1890, he received the Degree 
of Doctor of Sacred Theology from Racine College. 

Consecrated Bishop of Milwaukee in All Saints' 
Cathedral, Milwaukee, on "the morrow of the An- 
nunciation," being the 26th day of March, a.d. 1889, 
by The Right Rev. William Edward McLaren, S.T.D., 
assisted by The Right Rev. William Stevens Perry, 
D.D., LL.D., D.C.L^, The Right Rev. Alexander Bur- 
gess, S.T.D., The Right Rev. George Franklin Sey- 
mour, S.T.D., LL.D., The Right Rev. William David 
Walker, S.T.D., and The Right Rev. Mahlon Morris 
Gilbert, S.T.D. 

Writings. — The Peace of Jerusalem — A Plea for 
Unity, A Treatise on the Reptiles of Florida, The 
Anglican Communion Office, Occasional Sermons, 
Episcopal Addresses,, etc. 



No. loO. 

THE EIGHT REVEREND 

CHARLES CHAPxMAN GRAFTON, S.TJD. 

The second Bishop of Fond du Lac, was born in the 
City of Boston, Massachusetts, on the 12th day of 
April, a.d. 1832. 

He was educated at the Boston Latin School, and 
after leaving that institution studied law, and received 
the Degree of LL.B. at the Harvard Law School. He 
relinquished the profession, and, removing to Mary- 
land, studied Theology under the personal direction of 
Bishop Whittingham. 

Ordered Deacon in S. Peter's Church, Ellicott's Mills, 
on the 23d day of December, a.d. 1855, by The Right 
Rev. William Rollinson Whittingham, D.D., LL.D. 

Ordained Priest in S. Paul's Church, Baltimore, on 
the 30th day of May, a.d. 1858, by the same Prelate. 

His Diaconate was spent as Assistant to the Rev. 
A. G. Rich, M.D., at Reistertown, Maryland, and at 
an Associate Mission House in Baltimore, of wdrieh 
he was one of the founders, working at the mission of 
S. John Baptist. 

Upon his ordination to the Priesthood he became 
the Assistant Minister at S. Paul's Church, Baltimore, 
and was appointed by Bishop Whittingham as Chaplain 
to the Order of Deaconesses in the Diocese of Maryland. 

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376 CHARLES CHAPMAN GRAFTON. 

Upon the consecration of Bishop Odenheimer he 
was elected to the Rectorship of S. Peter's Church, 
Philadelphia, which he declined. 

In the year 1865 he went to England, with the cor- 
dial approbation of Bishop Whittingham, for the pur- 
pose, if possible, of organizing a Society or Brotherhood 
whose object should be to bring back religious orders 
of men into the practical working of Church life. The 
result was the tentative formation of the Society of S. 
John the Evangelist, known as the Cowley Brother- 
hood, with the Rev. R. M. Benson as Superior. 

No constitution was formed, as it was thought wiser 
to first see " whereunto this thing would grow." 

In 1872 he became the rector of the Church of the 
Advent, Boston. After a work there of ten years, all 
the American Priests save one, with the consent and 
official sanction of the Superior, withdrew from the 
Society. Father Grafton continued to be the Rector 
of the Church of the Advent, which at that time had 
built a new Church. 

The English Priests, who still remained under Father 
Benson, the English Superior, were allowed to retain 
the use of the old building, under the name of the 
Mission of S. John the Evangelist. 

Father Grafton, while Rector of the Church of the 
Advent, founded an affiliated house of the East Grin- 
stead or S. Margaret's Sisterhood, and subsequently the 
Sisterhood of the Holy Nativity. 

In 1888 he resigned the Rectorship of the Church of 
the Advent, and removed to Providence, Rhode Island, 
establishing there the Mother House of the Sisters of 
the Holy Nativity. 



CHARLES CHAPMAN GRAFTON. 377 

In 1889 he received the Decree of Doctor of Sacred 
Theology from Racine College. 

Consecrated Bishop of Fond du Lac in the Cathe- 
dral at Fond du Lac on the 25th day of April, a.d. 
1889, by The Eight Rev. William Edward McLaren, 
D.D., LL.D., assisted by The Right Rev. Alexander 
Burgess, S.T.D., The Right Rev. George Franklin 
Seymour, S.T.D., LL.D., The Right Rev. David Buel 
Knickerbacker, S.T.D., The Right Rev. Mahlon Morris 
Gilbert, D.D., and The Right Rev. Cyrus Frederick 
Knight, D.D., D.C.L. 

Whitings. — Vocation ; or, The Call of the Divine 
Master to a Sister's Life, Plain Suggestions for a Rev- 
erent Celebration of the Holy Communion, Essays, 
Sermons, etc. 

32* 



No. 151. 

THE EIGHT REVEREND 

WILLIAM ANDREW LEONARD, D.D., S.T.D. 

The fourth Bishop of Ohio, was born in Southport, 
Connecticut, on the 15th clay of July, a.d. 1848. 

He was educated at Phillips Academy, Andover, 
Massachusetts, S. Stephen's College, Annandale, ~N. Y., 
and Berkeley Divinity School, Middletown, Connec- 
ticut. 

Ordered Deacon at Trinity Church, Middletown, 
Connecticut, on the 31st day of May, a.d. 1871, by The 
Right Rev. John Williams, D.D., LL.D. 

Ordained Priest in S. John's Church, Stamford, 
Connecticut, on the 21st day of July, a.d. 1872, by the 
same Prelate. 

He was successively Assistant Minister at the Church 
of the Holy Trinity, Brooklyn, Rector of the Church 
of The Redeemer in the same city, and Rector of S. 
John's Parish, Washington, D. C. 

While Rector of the Church of the Redeemer he 
was a member of the Committee on Orphans and Aged 
of The Church Charity Foundation, of the Committee 
on Christian Education in the Diocese of Long Island, 
Chaplain of the Homeopathic Hospital, Brooklyn, 
Chaplain of the Twenty-third Regiment, K Y. K G., 
and one of the Founders of the Brooklyn Free Library. 

378 



WILL I A M A NDRE W LEO NA RD. 379 

In October, 1880, he was chosen by the House of 
Bishops, Missionary Bishop for Washington Territory, 
which lie declined. 

While Rector of S. John's Parish, Washington, 
D. C, he was a member of the Committee on Canons 
in the Diocese of Maryland. 

He received the Degree of Doctor in Divinity from 
Washington and Lee University, Virginia, a.d. 1885, 
and that of Doctor of Sacred Theology from S. 
Stephen's College, Annanclale, New York, a.d. 1888. 

In 1888 he was elected Assistant Bishop of Southern 
Ohio, which he declined. 

Consecrated Bishop of Ohio in S. Thomas' Church, 
New York, on the 12th day of October, a.d. 1889, by 
The Right Rev. John Williams, D.D., LLD., assisted 
by The Right Rev. Henry Benjamin Whipple, D.D., 
LL.D., Cantab., The Right Rev. Henry Adams Neely, 
S.T.D., The Right Rev. William Croswell Doane, D.D., 
LL.D., The Right Rev. Cortlandt Whitehead, D.D., 
The Right Rev. William Paret, D.D., LL.D, The Right 
Rev. Boyd Vincent, D.D., and The Right Rev. Fred- 
eric Courtney, D.D., Lord Bishop of Nova Scotia. 

Writings. — A History of the Christian Church, Via 
Sacra, for Holy Week, A Faithful Life, Sermons, Es- 
says, etc., etc. 



No. 153. 

THE RIGHT REVEREND 

THOMAS FREDERICK DAVIES, D.D., LL.D. 

The third Bishop of Michigan, was born in Fairfield, 
Connecticut, on the 31st day of August, a.d. 1831. 

He graduated at Yale College, a.d. 1853, and at 
Berkeley Divinity School, a.d. 1856. 

Ordered Deacon in Christ Church, Middletown, on 
the 18th day of May, a.d. 1856, by The Right Rev. 
John Williams, D.D., LL.D. 

Ordained Priest in the same Church on the 27th 
day of May, a.d. 1857, by the same Prelate. 

He was sucessively Professor of Hebrew in Berke- 
ley Divinity School, Rector of S. John's Church, 
Portsmouth, 'New Hampshire, and S. Peter's Church, 
Philadelphia. 

For several years he was a Deputy to the General 
Convention from the Diocese of Pennsylvania, and 
was seven years a member of the Standing Committee. 

In the General Convention he was a member of the 
Commission on Ecclesiastical Relations, of the Com- 
mitee on the Functions of Rectors, Wardens, and Ves- 
trymen, of the Committee on Liturgical Revision, and 
was also a member of the Board of Missions. 

He received the Degree of Doctor in Divinity from 

380 



THOMAS FREDERICK DA VIES. %%\ 

the University of Pennsylvania, a.d. 1876, and that of 
Doctor of Laws from Hobart College, a.d. 1889. 

Consecrated Bishop of Michigan in S. Peter's 
Church, Philadelphia, on the 18th day of October, 
a.d. 1889, by The Right Rev. John Williams, D.D., 
LL.D., assisted by The Right Rev. Henry Benjamin 
Whipple, D.D., LL.D., Cantab., The Right Rev. Dan- 
iel Sylvester Tuttle, S.T.D., The Right Rev. Ozi Wil- 
iam Whitaker, D.D., The Right Rev. George De 
Normandie Gillespie, D.D., The Right Rev. John 
Scarborough, D.D., The Right Rev. George Worthing- 
ton, S.T.D., and The Right Rev. Henry Codman Potter, 
D.D., LL.D. 



No. 153. 

THE RIGHT REVEREND 

ANSON KOGERS GRAVES. 

The first Missionary Bishop of " The Platte " (a juris- 
diction created in 1889, comprising all that portion of 
the State of Nebraska lying west of the 98th meridian), 
was born in Wells, Vermont, on the 13th clay of April, 
a.d. 1842. 

He graduated at Hobart College, Geneva, New York, 
and at the General Theological Seminary. 

Ordered Deacon in the Church of the Transfigura- 
tion, New York, on the 2d day of July, a.d. 1870, by 
The Eight Rev. Horatio Potter, D.D., LL.D. 

Ordained Priest in Holy Trinity Church, Brooklyn, 
on the 4th day of June, a.d. 1871, by The Right Rev. 
Abram Newkirk Littlejohn, D.D. 

He began his work as the Assistant Minister at Grace 
Church, Brooklyn, under the Rectorship of the Rev. B. 
H. Paddock, D.D., subsequently the Bishop of Massa- 
chusetts. In 1872 he became the Rector of S. Luke's 
Church, Plattsmouth, Nebraska, and in 1873 he re- 
moved to Minneapolis, where he was the assistant of 
the Rev. Dr. Knickerbacker, who became the Bishop 
of Indiana. Leaving Minneapolis, he was successively 
Rector of All Saints' Church, Northfield, Minnesota, 
All Saints' Church, Littleton, New Hampshire, S. 
Peter's Church, Bennington, Vermont, and the Church 

382 



ANSON ROGERS GRAVES. 383 

of Gethsemane, Minneapolis, to which he returned as 
Rector after the consecration of Dr. Knickerbacker, 
where he remained until his elevation to the Episcopate. 
Consecrated Missionary Bishop of "The Platte " in 
Gethsemane Church, Minneapolis, on the Feast of the 
Circumcision, January 1st, a.d. 1890, by The Right 
Rev. Daniel Sylvester Tuttle, S.T.D., assisted by The 
Right Rev. William Hobart Hare, S.T.D., The Right 
Rev. Alexander Burgess, S.T.D., The Right Rev. David 
Buel Knickerbacker, S.T.D., The Right Rev. Mahlon 
Norris Gilbert, D.D., and The Right Rev. Cyrus Fred- 
erick Knight, D.D., D.C.L. 



No. 154. 

THE RIGHT REVEREND 

WILLIAM FORD NICHOLS, D.D. 

Assistant Bishop of California, was born in Lloyd, 
Ulster County, New York, on the 9th day of June, a.d. 
1849. 

He graduated at Trinity College, Hartford, a.d. 1870 
and at Berkeley Divinity School, Middletown, a.d. 1 873. 

Ordered Deacon in Holy Trinity Church, Middle- 
town, Connecticut, on the 4th day of June, a.d. 1873, 
by The Right Rev. John Williams, D.D., LL.D. 

Ordained Priest in the same Church on the 4th day 
of June, a.d. 1874, by the same Prelate. 

He was successively Assistant Minister at Holy Trin- 
ity, Middletown, Rector of S. James' Church, West 
Hartford, with Grace Church, Newington, Christ 
Church, Hartford, and S. James' Church, with S. 
Paul's, Philadelphia. 

He was private secretary to Bishop Williams five 
years, a member of the Standing Committee of Con- 
necticut, and Professor of Church History at Berkeley 
Divinity School. 

In 1886 he was appointed an Assistant Secretary to 
the House of Bishops, and in 1888 a member of the 

384 



WILLIAM FORD NICHOLS. 385 

Board of Managers of the Domestic and Foreign Mis- 
sionary Society. 

During the same year (June 13th, 1888) he was 
elected Assistant Bishop of Ohio, which he declined. 

He received the Degree of Doctor in Divinity from 
Trinity College, and from the Theological Seminary 
and Kenyon College, Gambier, Ohio. 

Upon the consecration of Dr. Davies as Bishop of 
Michigan, during the session of the General Conven- 
tion, in October, 1889, Dr. Mchols was appointed to 
his place in the House of Deputies during the remain- 
der of the session. 

Consecrated Assistant Bishop of California in S. 
James' Church, Philadelphia, on the 24th day of June, 
a.d. 1890, by The Right Rev. John Williams, D.D., 
LL.D., assisted by The Right Rev. Charles Todd Quin- 
tard, D.D., LL.D., The Right Rev. Henry Adams 
Neely, S.T.D., The Right Rev. Abram Newkirk Little- 
john, D.D., LL.D., Cantab., The Right Rev. Ozi Wil- 
liam Whitaker, D.D., The Right Rev. William Wood- 
ruff Niles, S.T.D., The Right Rev. William Forbes 
Adams, D.D., The Right Rev. John Scarborough, 
S.T.D., The Right Rev^Cortlandt Whitehead, S.T.D., 
and The Right Rev. Henry Codman Potter, D.D., LL.D. 
Writings. — Occasional Sermons, Historical Sketches, 
Contributions to various periodicals, Essays, Addresses, 
etc., etc. 

s - 33 



ISTo. 155. 
THE RIGHT REVEREND 

EDWARD ROBERT ATWILL, D.D. 

The first Bishop of West Missouri, was born at Red 
Hook, lew York, on the 18th day of January, a.d. 
1840. 

He graduated at Columbia College, New York, a.d. 
1862, and at the General Theological Seminary, a.d. 
1864. 

Ordered Deacon in Calvary Church, New York, on 
the 3d day of July, a.d. 1864, by The Right Rev. Hora- 
tio Potter, D.D., LL.D. 

Ordained Priest in S. Luke's Church, New York, on 
the 1st day of April, a.d. 1865, by the same Prelate. 

During his Diaconate he was the Assistant Minister 
in S. Luke Church, New York, and after his ordina- 
tion to the Priesthood he was successively Rector of S. 
Paul's Church, Brooklyn; Assistant to the Bishop of 
Vermont in S. Paul's Church, Burlington, and subse- 
quently Rector of the same Parish. In the year 1882 
he removed to Ohio, and became the Rector of Trin- 
ity Church, Toledo, which position he held until his 
elevation to the Episcopate. 

He was a Deputy to the General Convention from 
Vermont and from Ohio. President of the Standing 

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EDWARD ROBERT ATWILL. 387 

Committee of Ohio four years, and six years Dean of 
the Northern Convocation of that Diocese. Upon the 
organization of the Cathedral Chapter, under Bishop 
Leonard, he was made an honorary Canon. 

The Degree of Doctor in Divinity was conferred upon 
him by the University of Vermont, a.d. 1883. 

Consecrated Bishop of West Missouri in Trinity 
Church, Toledo, on the 14th day of October, a.d. 1890, 
by The Eight Rev. Daniel Sylvester Turtle, S. T. D., 
assisted by The Bight Rev. William Edward McLaren, 
D.D.,LL.D.; The Right Rev. George Franklin Sey- 
mour, D.D., LL.D. ; The Right Rev. David Buel Knick- 
erbacker, S.T.D., and The Right Rev. William Andrew 
Leonard, S.T.D. 

Writings. — A few published Sermons and Ad- 
dresses, and a Tract on Confirmation. 



No. 156. 

THE RIGHT REVEREND 

HENRY MELVILLE JACKSON, D.D. 

Assistant Bishop of Alabama, was born in Leesburg, 
Virginia, on the 28th dav^ of July, A.r>. 1849. 

He was educated at the Virginia Military Institute, 
Lexington, and at the Theological Seminary of Vir- 
ginia, at Alexandria. 

Ordered Deacon in the Seminary Chapel, Alexandria, 
on the 27th day of June, a.d. 1873, by The Eight Eev. 
John Johns, D.D., LL.D. 

Ordained Priest in S. John's Church, Wytheville, on 
the 15th day of July, a.d. 1874, by the same Prelate. 

His Diaconate was spent in Montgomery Parish, 
Montgomery County, Virginia, of which Parish he be- 
came the Rector. In October, a.d. 1875, he removed 
to South Carolina, and became the Rector of Christ 
Church, Greenville, where he remained one year, when 
he returned to Virginia and became the Rector of 
Grace Church, Richmond, which position he held 
until his elevation to the Episcopate. 

The Degree of Doctor in Divinity was conferred by 
the Randolph-Macon College, Ashland, Virginia, a.d. 
1886. 

Consecrated Assistant Bishop of Alabama in S. 

388 



HENR Y MEL VILLE J A CKSOX. 38 9 

Paul's Church, Selraa, on the 21st day of January, a.d. 
1891, by The Right Rev. Richard Hooker Wilmer, 
D.D., assisted by The Right Rev. William Bell White 
Howe, D.D., The Right Rev. George William Peter- 
kin, D.D., The Right Rev. Hugh Miller Thompson, 
S.T.D., and The Right Rev. Alfred Magill Randolph, 
D.D. 

Writings. — Essays and Addresses. — Editor of South- 
ern Pulpit and Homiletic Magazine from 1880 to 1886, 
inclusive. 



APPENDIX. 



THE CHURCH m HAITI. 



At- the meeting of the General Convention in 1874, 
a Memorial from the Convocation of Haiti was pre- 
sented by the Bishop of Delaware, which was referred 
to the Committee on Foreign Missions, who submitted 
the following resolution : 

Resolved, That the Memorial of the Convocation in 
Haiti be referred to the Board of Missions, to ascertain 
what measure may seem to them best for securing the 
effectual Episcopal supervision of the parishes in Haiti. 

In response to this action, the Board of Missions 
sent the following resolutions to the House of Bishops 
at the meeting of the General Convention in 1874 : 

Resolved, That it is necessary to the further prosecu- 
tion of our missionary work in Haiti, that a Missionary 
Bishop should be consecrated for that Island. 

Resolved, That the House of Bishops is hereby re- 
spectfully requested to elect and consecrate a Bishop 
for the Island of Haiti. 

Upon the motion of the Bishop of Western New 
York, the following Covenant was entered into between 
the American Church and The Rev. James Theodore 
Holly, who represented the Haitien Clergy. Upon the 
completion of the Covenant, Dr. Holly was elected and 
consecrated Bishop of Haiti. 

i 



11 APPENDIX. 

House of Bishops, November 3d, 1874. 

JResolved, That the following Covenant between the 
Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States and 
the Protestant Episcopal Church in Haiti be entered 
upon the Journal of this House : 

Covenant. 

In the Name of the Most Holy and Undivided Trinity, 
Father, Son, and Holy Ghost. Amen. 
The following Covenant, or Articles of Agreement, 
Concord, and Union, between the House of Bishops 
of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United 
States of America of the first part, and the Convo- 
cation of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the lie- 
public of Haiti of the second part, establishes the 
ensuing stipulations mutually entered into by the two 
Churches aforesaid : 

Akticle 1. The House of Bishops aforesaid, in con- 
sideration of the fact that all the Clergy, eleven in 
number, belonging to the Church in Haiti, owe no 
allegiance to the government of these United States, 
but are Haitien citizens, do hereby recognize the afore- 
said Church in Haiti as of right as also in point of fact 
a foreign Church to all intents and purposes within the 
meaning of Article 10 of the Constitution of the Prot- 
estant Episcopal Church in the said United States of 
America. But while the aforesaid House of Bishops 
doth thus recognize the Church in Haiti to be a foreign 
Church, yet, during its early growth and development, 
it shall continue to enjoy the nursing care of the Church 
in these United States until the Church in Haiti shall 
attain to competency for its own support, and to a suffi- 



THE CHURCH IN HAITI. \\\ 

ciency in its Episcopate for the administration of its 
own affairs, according to the requirements of the 
ancient Canons and primitive usages of the Church 
of Christ. 

Art. 2. The House of Bishops, acting under the 
aforesaid Article 10 of the Constitution of the Prot- 
estant Episcopal Church in the United States of 
America, and availing itself of the concession made 
to them by the Protestant Episcopal Church in the 
Republic of Haiti in the stipulation contained in Ar- 
ticle 5 following of this Covenant, will designate and 
consecrate to the Office of Bishop one of the Clergy- 
men of the aforesaid Church in Haiti (making selection 
of the said person according to the best of its godly 
judgment as to his fitness and qualifications for such 
a high and holy vocation). 

Aet. 3. The said House of Bishops furthermore 
agrees to name from among its own members a Com- 
mission of four Bishops, with whom the aforesaid 
Bishop or Bishops to be consecrated for the Church 
in Haiti shall be associated. And this Commission 
shall form a temporary Board of Administration for 
the Episcopal government of the Church in Haiti. 
And, as such, a majority of the same shall be com- 
petent to take order for the designation and consecra- 
tion of future Bishops in Haiti, as the necessity may 
arise, on the demand of the Convocation of the 
Church in that Republic. The said temporary Board 
of Administration shall be furthermore empowered to 
administer all the discipline pertaining to the Episcopal 
order of the Ministry for the Church in Haiti until at 
least three Bishops shall be designated, consecrated, 



iv APPENDIX. 

and canonically established in said Church. It being 
understood that this Commission of Bishops shall be 
governed in the exercise of their Episcopal adminis- 
tration, judgments, and acts by the provisions con- 
tained in the Constitution and Canons of the Prot- 
estant Episcopal Church in the United States of 
America, so far as the same can be applied to the 
divergent circumstances of the Church in Haiti. 

Art. 4. The Protestant Episcopal Church in Haiti 
on its part agrees always to guard in all their essentials 
a conformity to the doctrine, worship, and discipline 
of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United 
States of America, as the same are set forth in the 
duly authorized standards of the said Church, and 
that it will not depart therefrom any further than 
local circumstances shall make it necessary. 

Art. 5. The Protestant Episcopal Church in Haiti 
further agrees to concede to the House of Bishops of 
the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States 
of America, the choice of its first Bishop to be con- 
secrated; and thereafter to concede the same pre- 
rogative to a majority of the Commission of Bishops 
forming the temporary Board of Administration to 
choose or designate among the Haitien Clergy future 
Bishops on the demand of the Convocation in Haiti. 
And this prerogative shall continue until, in the good 
Providence of God, three Bishops shall be canonically 
resident and exercising jurisdiction in the Church of 
Haiti. Then this prerogative shall cease on the part 
of the aforesaid Commission, and all its functions 
revert to those three Bishops thus established in 
Haiti. 



THE CHURCH IN HAITI. V 

In testimony whereof, these Articles have been 
signed in duplicate, on the part of the Honse of 
Bishops, by the Bishops appointed for that purpose, 
and on the part of the Convocation of the Church in 
Haiti, by its Dean, who has exhibited duly authenti- 
cated credentials clothing him with full power to act 
in this matter in the name and in the behalf of the 
Convocation aforesaid. 

Done in the City of Kew York, on the third clay of 
November, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight 
hundred and seventy-four. 

(Signed) James Theodore Holly, 

Dean, £c. [l. s.] 
"William E. TVhittingham, 

Bishop of Maryland, [l. s.] 
Alfred Lee, 

Bishop of Delaware, [l. s.] 
Thomas Atkinson, 
Bishop of North Carolina, [l. s.] 
Horatio Potter, 

Bishop of New York. [l. s.] 
G. T. Bedell, 
Bishop of the Diocese of Ohio. [l. s.] 

A. Cleveland Coxe, 
Bishop of Western New York. [l. s.] 
Done in my presence, and duplicates exchanged. 
Attest : Henry C. Potter, 

Secretary of the House of Bishops. 



THE RIGHT REVEREND 

JAMES THEODORE HOLLY, D.D. 

The first Bishop of the Haitien Church, (of African 
descent, and of free-born ancestors) was born in the 
City of Washington, D. C, a.d. 1829. 

His parents were Roman Catholics, and in that faith 
their son was reared. He was educated in the public 
schools of New York and Brooklyn, where his parents 
successively resided. At twenty-one he abandoned 
the Roman Church, and shortly afterwards determined 
to study for Holy Orders. While pursuing his studies 
to this end he supported himself by shoemaking ; for 
his father had made him learn a trade, saying that no 
one ever knew to what vicissitudes he might be reduced, 
and many a time since then has Mr. Holly found the 
usefulness of this manual learning. 

Ordered Deacon in S. Paul's Church, Detroit, Mich- 
igan, on the 17th day of June, a.d. 1855, by The Right 
Rev. Samuel Allen McCoskry, 8.T.D. 

Ordained Priest in S. Luke's Church, New Haven, 
Connecticut, on the 3d day of January, a.d. 1856, by 
The Right Rev. John Williams, S.T.D. 

Shortly after his Ordination as a Deacon, he obtained 
permission of the Foreign Committee to examine the 
vi 



JAMES THEODORE HOLLY. vii 

field in Haiti. He returned after two months' absence; 
but there was no money in the treasury with which to 
send a Missionary to the Island, and Mr. Holly took 
charge of S. Luke's Church in New Haven, until May 
1861. During that month he sailed in the Brig Ma- 
deira, with a Missionary colony to Haiti. It was com- 
posed of one hundred and eleven persons, who were 
chiefly from Connecticut. They landed in Port-au- 
Prince, and went thence to a plantation three miles 
from the city. There were no comfortable houses, and 
much hardship w^as endured. Through poverty and 
exposure forty-three persons died within six months. 
Mr. Holly's family of eight was reduced to three. Most 
of the colonists returned to the United States, but Mr. 
Holly, with about twenty others, remained in Port-au- 
Prince, Mr. Holly continuing to exercise his ministry 
with diligence and perseverance. 

In 1863 Bishop Alfred Lee made a visitation to 
Port-au-Prince, where he confirmed twenty-six per- 
sons. In 1865 the Foreign Committee assumed the 
work, and in 1866 Bishop George Burgess made a 
visitation, ordaining one Priest and one Deacon, and 
hoi dins* several Confirmations. 

During the latter part of 1872 and the early part of 
1873 Bishop Coxe spent about six weeks in Haiti, 
where he consecrated the Church of the Holy Trinity, 
Port-au-Prince, dedicated a school-house, confirmed 
fifty-three persons, ordained six Deacons and five 
Priests, and officiated at numerous Services. 

In the year 1874 the Foreign Committee, acting on 
the advice and report of Bishop Coxe, sent for Mr. 
Holly to come to the United States. In October he 



viii APPENDIX. 

was elected Bishop of the Haitien Church, and conse- 
crated in Grace Church, JSTew York, on the 8th day of 
November, a.d. 1874, by The Right Rev. Benjamin 
Bosworth Smith, S.T.D., LL.D., assisted by The Right 
Rev. Alfred Lee, S.T.D., The Right Rev. Horatio 
Potter, S.T.D., LL.D., D.C.L., The Right Rev. Wil- 
liam Bacon Stevens, D.D., LL.D., The Right Rev. 
Arthur Cleveland Coxe, S.T.D., LL.D., The Right 
Rev. John Barrett Kerfoot, S.T.D., LL.D., and The 
Right Rev. Reginald Courtenay, D.D., The Bishop of 
Kingston. 



THE CHURCH m MEXICO. 



THE RIGHT REVEREND 

HENRY CHAUNCEY RILEY, D.D. 

With the title of " Bishop of the Valley of Mexico," 
as the first Bishop of a jurisdiction entitled " The 
Mexican Branch of The Catholic Church of our Lord 
Jesus Christ Militant on Earth," was 

Consecrated in Trinity Church, Pittsburgh, on the 
24th day of June, a.d. 1879, by The Right Rev. Alfred 
Lee, S.T.D., LL.D., assisted by The Right Rev. Greg- 
ory Thurston Bedell, D.D., The Right Rev. William 
Bacon Stevens, D.D., LL.D., The Right Rev. Arthur 
Cleveland Coxe, S.T.D., LL.D., The Right Rev. John 
Barrett Kerfoot, S.T.D., LL.D , The Right Rev. Abram 
Fewkirk Littlejohn, D.D., and The Right Rev. George 
William Peterkin, D.D. 

The Consecration of Bishop Riley took place as the 
result of a 

Covenant 

Between the House of Bishops and the authorities of 
the Mexican Branch of the Catholic Church. 

ix 



X APPENDIX. 

At the time of Consecration the following Declara- 
tion, Certificate, and Order for Consecration were read 
by the Bishop of Ohio : 

Whereas, a Covenant or articles of agreement, con- 
cord and union have been entered into between the 
Bishops of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the 
United States of America, and the Mexican Branch of 
the Catholic Church of our Lord Jesus Christ, Mili- 
tant upon earth; said Covenant having been adopted 
and confirmed by the said Bishops of the Protestant 
Episcopal Church, assembled in Council, in the city of 
New York, on the twenty-ninth day of October, in the 
year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and 
seventy-five, and having been adopted and confirmed 
by duly appointed representatives of the said Mexican 
Church, in the city of Mexico, on the fifth day of 
January, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight 
hundred and seventy-six — 

In which Covenant the said Bishops did recognize 
the aforesaid Mexican Church, as being of right, as 
also in point of fact, a foreign Church, to all intents 
and purposes, within the meaning of the tenth article 
of the Constitution of the Protestant Episcopal Church 
in the United States of America ; and did agree to Con- 
secrate to the office of Bishop one or more persons, 
duly elected by the said Mexican Church, after receiv- 
ing satisfactory evidence of their election by the said 
Church, and of their fitness and qualifications for such 
a high and holy vocation — 

And whereas it was further stipulated, in the Cove- 
nant above mentioned, that the said Bishops of the 
Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States 



THE CHURCH IN MEXICO. x \ 

would name from among themselves a Commission of 
seven Bishops, with whom the Bishop or Bishops so 
to be Consecrated for the said Mexican Church should 
be associated as a temporary Board of Administration 
for the Episcopal Government of the said Mexican 
Church, and that a majority of the said Commission 
should be competent to take order for the Consecration 
of Bishops for said Church, as the necessity may arise, 
on the demand of said Church — 

And whereas it was further resolved by the said 
Bishops of the Protestant Episcopal Church, in Council 
assembled, that when the ratification of the aforesaid 
Covenant shall have taken place, the Commission, so 
appointed as above stated, is empowered to receive, 
examine and report to the Presidiug Bishop of the 
Protestant Episcopal Church, upon the evidence of 
election and testimonials of qualification of the person 
or persons presented by the Synodical authority of the 
said Mexican Church for Consecration to the Episco- 
pate — 

And it was further resolved that the Presiding Bishop 
is hereby requested and empowered, when he shall 
have received any such report from the said Commis- 
sion, to take order for the Consecration of such person 
or persons as may be reported to him by the said Com- 
mission as duly elected and qualified — 

And whereas the said Bishops in Council, on the 
twenty-ninth day of October, a.d. 1875, did appoint the 
Right Rev. William R. "Wnittingham, Bishop of Mary- 
land ; The Right Rev. Alfred Lee, Bishop of Delaware ; 
The Right Rev. Gregory Thurston Bedell, Bishop of 
Ohio ; The Right Rev. William Bacon Stevens, Bishop 



Xll 



APPENDIX. 



of Pennsylvania; The Right Rev. Arthur Cleveland 
Coxe, Bishop of Western New York ; The Right Rev. 
John Barrett Kerfoot, Bishop of Pittsburgh ; and The 
Right Rev. Abram Newkirk Littlejohn, Bishop of 
Long Island, to be their Commission, for the purposes 
above recited — 

Now, therefore, we, the Bishops above named, com- 
posing the said Commission so appointed and em- 
powered, do certify that, after examination of the 
evidence of election and testimonials of qualification 
of the Reverend Henry Chauncey Riley, D.D., certified 
to us as duly elected Bishop of the Valley of Mexico, 
having found the same satisfactory, we reported to The 
Right Rev. Benjamin Bosworth Smith, D.D., Presiding 
Bishop, that the said Henry Chauncey Riley was duly 
elected and qualified — 

Whereupon, the above-named Presiding Bishop took 
order for the Consecration of the said Henry Chauncey 
Riley by his letter, in manner and form as follows : 

New York, May 17th, 1879. 

The Right Rev. Dr. Lee, Bishop of Delaware : The 
Mexican Commission, appointed by the House of 
Bishops, having requested the Presiding Bishop to 
take order for the Consecration of The Rev. Henry 
Chauncey Riley, D.D., Bishop-elect of the Valley of 
Mexico, order is hereby taken accordingly : 

Time. S. John Baptist Day, June 24th, 1879. 

Place. Pittsburgh, Pa. 

Consecrator. Bishop Lee, of Delaware. 

Preacher. Bishop Coxe, of Western New York. . 



THE CHURCH IN MEXICO. xiii 

Presenters. Bishop Bedell, of Ohio, arid Bishop 
Kerfoot, of Pittsburgh. 

Present and Assisting. Bishop Stevens, of Penn- 
sylvania, and Bishop Littlejohn, of Long Island. 
(Signed) B. B. Smith, 

Presiding Bishop. 

In witness whereof we have hereunto signed our 
names, in the city of Pittsburgh, this 23d day of June, 
in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred 
and seventy-nine, and have hereunto suffixed a letter 
of our Right Reverend Brother, the Bishop of Mary- 
land, authorizing his name to be subscribed to our 
action herein certified. 

(Signed) William R. Whittingham, 

Bishop of Maryland. 

Per Order. 
Alfred Lee, 

Bishop of Delaware. 
Gregory Thurston Bedell, 

Bishop of Ohio. 
William Bacon Stevens, 
Bishop of Pennsylvania. 
A. Cleveland Coxe, 

Bishop of Western New York. 
John B. Kereoot, 

Bishop of Pittsburgh. 
Abram Newkirk Littlejohn, 
Bishop of Long Island. 

Baltimore, June 17th, 1879. 

My Dear Bishop, — I thank you for your kindness 
in submitting to my examination the proposed form 



XIV APPENDIX. 

of Testimonial to be read at the Consecration of Dr. 
Riley, and of his Promise of Conformity. 

I have given the documents the best attention I am 
able to give at the present time, and have nothing to 
suggest in the way of alteration or improvement. 

Of course I concur in the proposal that they should 
be used at the approaching solemnity. 

I have given attention, too, to the comments that 
have been made on our relations to the Mexican 
Church, and have found no occasion to depart from 
my concurrence in the action of the Committee pre- 
sided over by yourself. 

Heartily bidding Godspeed to all engaged in so good 
a work, as I believe this to be, of Christian Charity 
and obedience, I humbly desire to be considered as 
associated with the Commission in its action pertaining 
to this matter. 

Very faithfully your loving friend and brother, 
(Signed) William R. Whittingham, 

Bishop of Maryland. 

Senior Member of the Commission on the Mexican 
Episcopate. 

Right Rev. Dr. Lee, 

Bishop of Delaware. 

Consent to the Consecration by the General Synod 
of the Mexican Branch of the Catholic Church of our 
Lord Jesus Christ, and Testimonials of Character from 
the General Synod were presented at the same time, 
by The Bishop of Long Island. 

These documents were duly signed and sealed, and 
attested by the Notary Public of the City of Mexico. 



THE CHURCH IN MEXICO. xv 

In lieu of the usual " Promise of Conformity," the 
Bishop-elect made such promise in these words : 

In the name of God, Amen. 

I, Henry Chauncey Riley, chosen Bishop of the 
Mexican Branch of the Catholic Church of our Lord 
Jesus Christ in the Valley of Mexico, in the Republic 
of Mexico, do hereby promise conformity and obedi- 
ence to the doctrine, discipline, and worship of the said 
Mexican Branch of the Catholic Church of our Lord 
Jesus Christ, as the same are set forth in the Covenant 
entered into between the Bishops^ of the Protestant 
Episcopal Church in the United States of America and 
the said Mexican Church, ratified by the said Bishops 
in Council on the twenty-ninth day of October, in the 
year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and 
seventy-five, and by the sy nodical authorities of the 
said Mexican Church on the fifth day of January, in 
the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and 
seventy-six. 

So help me God, through Jesus Christ. 

Bishop Riley was born in Santiago de Chile, Decem- 
ber loth, a.d. 1835 ; graduated at Columbia College, 
New York, a.d. 1858; studied Theology in London, 
England, with The Rev. Charles Dallas Marston : Or- 
dained to the Diaconate, and the Priesthood in New 
York, by The Right Rev. Horatio Potter, S.T.D., 
LL.D., D.C.L., a.d. 1866. He had charge of the 
Spanish Church of Santiago in New York, for a short 
time, when he removed to the City of Mexico. 

Bishop Riley was requested to resign by the House 
of Bishops in October, 1883, and on the 24th day of 



xv i APPENDIX. 

April, 1884, he sent the following letter complying 
with the request : 

To the Right Reverend the Bishops of Delaware, Connecti- 
cut, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Western New York, Long 
Island and Albany, constituting the Mexican Commission 
of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the Lnited States 
of America : 

Although the Diocesan Synod of the Valley of Mex- 
ico has, through its Standing Committee, asked me not 
to withdraw from my work nor to resign the jurisdic- 
tion of that diocese; and has made this request, to use 
the Committee's own words, " unanimously, heartily 
and resolutely," nevertheless, 

I, Henry Chauncey Riley, Doctor of Divinity, con- 
secrated to the office of Bishop of the Diocese of the 
Valley of Mexico by Bishops of the said Protestant 
Episcopal Church, in the City of Pittsburgh, on the 
24th day of June, a.d. one thousand eight hundred 
and seventy-nine, influenced by your fraternal counsel 
and request, do hereby present to you my resignation 
of my jurisdiction as Bishop of the Valley of Mexico, 
and do hereby pledge myself to exercise no Episcopal 
authority, or perform Episcopal acts in said diocese, or 
in the Republic of Mexico — and I further promise to 
forbear all exercise of the functions of my said office, 
except with the advice and consent of the Mexican 
Commission, or on the invitation of the Ecclesiastical 
Authority of some diocese for service in the diocese 
concerned, or in a vacant Missionary jurisdiction by 
appointment of the Presiding Bishop of the said Prot- 
estant Episcopal Church. 

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand, in 
the City of New York, on the 24th day of April, a.d. 
1884. 

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A LIST OF CLERGYMEN ELECTED TO THE 
EPISCOPATE WHO DECLINED THE HONOR, 
OR WHOSE ELECTION WAS NOT CON- 
FIRMED. 



1783. — The Rev. Jeremiah Learning and The Rev. 
Samuel Seabury were both chosen by a Committee of 
the Clergy of the Diocese, to the Episcopate of Con- 
necticut. Mr. Learning declined. 

1783.— The Rev. William Smith, D.D. Elected 
Bishop of Maryland. He went to England for con- 
secration, but his election having been pronounced 
defective, consecration was refused. 

1785.— The Rev. Thomas B. Chandler. Elected 
Bishop of Nova Scotia. Declined. 

1786.— The Rev. David Griffith. Elected Bishop 
of Virginia. Declined. 

1787.— The Rev. Jeremiah Learning, D.D. Elected 
Bishop-coadjutor of Connecticut. Declined. 

1787.— The Rev. R. Mansfield. Elected Bishop- 
coadjutor of Connecticut. Declined. 

1793.— The Rev. Edward Bass, D.D. Elected Bish- 
op of Vermont. Declined. 

1794._The Rev. Samuel Peters, D.D. Elected 
Bishop of Vermont. Declined. 

1794.__The Rev. Charles Pettigrew. Elected Bishop 
of North Carolina. Declined. 

1796._The Rev. John Bowden, D.D. Elected Bishop 
of Connecticut. Declined, 
xviii 



CLERGYMEN ELECTED TO THE EPISCOPATE. XIX 

1798.— The Rev. Uzal Ogden. Elected Bishop of 
New Jersey. Election declared doubtful, and not acted 
on in the General Convention. Mr. Ogden left the 
Church and joined the Presbyterians. 

1804.— The Rev. Edward Jenkins, D.D. Elected 
Bishop of South Carolina. Declined. 

1812— The Rev. John Bracken, D.D. Elected 
Bishop of Virginia. Declined. 

1815.— The Rev. John Croes. Elected Bishop of 
Connecticut. Declined. 

1835.— The Rev. Francis L. Hawks. Elected Mis- 
sionary Bishop in the State of Louisiana, and in the 
Territories of Arkansas and Florida. Declined. 

1838.— The Rev. Alonzo Potter. Elected Assistant 
Bishop of Massachusetts. Declined. 

1838.— The Rev. Manton Eastburn. Elected Bishop 
of Maryland. Declined. 

1838.— The Right Rev. Jackson Kemper, D.D. Mis- 
sionary Bishop of the Northwest. Elected Bishop 
of Maryland. Declined. 

1839.— The Rev. Benjamin Dorr. Elected Bishop 
of Maryland. Declined. 

1841.— The Rev. John A. Yaughan, D.D. Elected 
Missionary Bishop of Cape Palmas. Declined. 

1841.— The Rev. N. H. Cobbs. Nominated Mission- 
ary Bishop of Texas by the House of Bishops. The 
House of Clerical and Lay Deputies declared by reso- 
lution that it was "inexpedient to go into an election 
at that time," and no further action was taken. 

1843.— The Rev. Thomas Atkinson. Elected Bishop 
of Indiana. Declined. 

1844.— The Rev, Francis L. Hawks, D.D. Elected 



XX APPENDIX. 

Bishop of Mississippi. After a most remarkable debate 
in the House of Clerical and Lay Deputies, it was 
unanimously voted to " suspend all proceedings until 
a future Convention of Mississippi should declare their 
sense on the subject." Dr. Hawks refused to allow his 
name to go before the Convention again. 

1844.— The Rev. Alexander -Glennie. Elected Mis- 
sionary Bishop of Cape Palmas. Declined. 

1847.— The Rev. Thomas Atkinson, D.D. Elected 
Bishop of Indiana. Declined. 

1847. — The Rev. Samuel Bowman. Elected Bishop 
of Indiana. Declined. 

1847.— The Rev. J. B. Britton. Elected Assistant 
Bishop of Illinois. Election not confirmed. 

1849.— The Rev. Francis Vinton. Elected Bishop 
of Indiana. Declined. 

1852.— The Rev. Francis L. Hawks, D.D. Elected 
Bishop of Rhode Island. Declined. 

1854.— The Rev. William Creighton, D.D. Elected 
Provisional Bishop of New York. Declined. 

1855.— The Rev. Arthur Cleveland Coxe. Elected 
Bishop of Texas. Declined. 

1856.— The Rev. Sullivan H. Weston. Elected 
Bishop of Texas. Declined. 

1856.— The Rev. Jacob L. Clark, D.D. Nominated 
by the House of Bishops Missionary Bishop of Nebraska 
and Kansas. The House of Clerical and Lay Deputies 
declined to act upon the nomination. 

1859.— The Rev. Jacob L. Clark, D.D. Elected 
Missionary Bishop of the Northwest. Declined. 

I860.— The Rev. Heman Dyer, D.D. Elected Bishop 
of Kansas. Declined. 



CLERGYMEN ELECTED TO THE EPISCOPATE. XXI 

1865.— The Rev. Milton C. Lightner. Nominated 
by the House of Bishops, Missionary Bishop of Col- 
orado. The House of Clerical and Lay Deputies did 
not confirm the nomination. 

1865.— -The Rev. Robert J. Parvin. Nominated by 
the House of Bishops, Missionary Bishop of Nevada. 
The House of Clerical and Lay Deputies did not con- 
firm the nomination. 

1865. — The Rev. M. A. DeWolfe Howe, D.D. 
Elected Missionary Bishop of Nevada. Declined. 

1866.— The Rev. F. D. Huntington, S.T.D. Elected 
Bishop of Maine. Declined. 

1868.— The Rev. B. H. Paddock. Nominated by the 
House of Bishops Missionary Bishop of Oregon and 
Washington Territory. Declined. 

1869.— The Rev. A. N. Littlejohn, D.D. Elected 
Bishop of Central New York. Declined. 

1871.— The Rev. William H. Hare. Nominated 
Missionary Bishop of Cape Palmas, with jurisdiction 
in West Africa. Nomination withdrawn at the request 
of the Board of Foreign Missions. 

1873.— The Rev. Benjamin I. Haight, D.D., LL.D. 
Elected Bishop of Massachusetts. Declined. 

1874.— The Rev. Leighton Coleman. Elected Bishop 
of Fond du Lac. Declined. 

1874.— The Rev. George F. Seymour, S.T.D. Elected 
Bishop of Illinois. Election not confirmed. 

1874.— The Rev. William P. Orrick. Elected Mis- 
sionary Bishop of Shanghai, with jurisdiction in China. 
Declined. 

1874.— The Rev. James De Koven, S.T.D. Elected 
Bishop of Illinois. Election not confirmed. 



XX11 APPENDIX 

1875.— The Rev. W. R. Huntington, D.D. Elected 
Bishop of Iowa. Declined. 

1875.— The Rev. Henry C. Potter, D.D. Elected 
Bishop of Iowa. Declined. 

1875.— The Rev. W. H. Clarke, D.D. Nominated 
Missionary Bishop of Cape Palmas, with jurisdiction 
in West Africa. Declined. 

1875.— The Rev. S. I. J. Schereschewsky, D.D. 
Elected Missionary Bishop of Shanghai, with jurisdic- 
tion in China. Declined. 

1875.— The Rev. John T. Magrath. Nominated 
Missionary Bishop of Cape Palmas, with jurisdiction 
in West Africa. Declined. 

1875.— The Rev. J. S. Shipman, LL.D. Elected 
Bishop of Pond clu Lac. Declined. 

1875.— The Rev. J. H. Eccleston, D.D. Elected 
Bishop of Iowa. Doubts as to validity of election. 
Declined. 

1877.— The Rev. D. B. Knickerbacker, S.T.D. 
Elected Missionary Bishop of New Mexico and Ari- 
zona. Declined. 

1877.— The Rev. S. S. Harris, S.T.D. Elected Bishop 
of Quincy. Declined. 

1877.— The Rev. J. H. Eccleston, D.D. Elected 
Bishop of West Virginia. Declined. 

1878.— The Rev. George F. Seymour, S.T.D. Elected 
Bishop of Springfield, Illinois. Declined. 

1880. — The Rev. William A. Leonard. Nominated 
by the House of Bishops Missionary Bishop of Mon- 
tana. Declined. 

1883.— The Rev. Isaac L. Nicholson, D.D. Elected 
Bishop of Indiana. Declined. 






CLERGYMEN ELECTED TO THE EPISCOPATE. xx jii 

1883.— The Kev. George Worthin^ton, S.T.D. 
Elected Missionary Bishop to China. Declined. 

1884.— The Eev. George Worthington, S.T.D. Elect- 
ed Bishop of Nebraska. Declined. 

1884.— The Rev. Eliphalet Nott Potter, D.D. Elect- 
ed Bishop of Nebraska. Declined. 

1885.— The Rev. George Williamson Smith, D.D. 
Elected Bishop of Easton. Declined. 

1885.— The Rev. Chauncey C. Williams. Elected 
Bishop of Easton. Declined. 

1886.— The Rev. Phillips Brooks, D.D. Elected 
Assistant Bishop of Pennsylvania. Declined. 

1886.— The Rev. Kinloch Nelson, D.D. Elected 
Bishop of Easton. Declined. 

1886.— The Rev. Alexander J. Drysdale. Elected 
Bishop of Easton. He died before any decision could 
be made. 

1886.— The Rev. R, M. Kirby elected by the House 
of Bishops Missionary Bishop for Utah and Nevada. 
Declined. 

1886. — The Rev. Alexander Mackay Smith elected 
Assistant Bishop of Kansas. Declined. 

1887.— The Rev. John S. Lindsay, D.D. Elected 
Bishop of Easton. Declined. 

1888.— The Rev. W. E. Nichols. Elected Bishop of 
Ohio. Declined. 

1888. — The Rev. W. A. Leonard. Elected Bishop 
of Southern Ohio. Declined. 

1888.— The Rev. George McClellan Fiske. Elected 
Bishop of Fond du Lac. Declined. 

1888.— The Rev. Henry Y. Satterlee, D.D. Elected 
Bishop of Ohio. Declined. 



xxiv APPENDIX. 

1888.— The Eev. George Williamson Smith, D.D. 
Elected Bishop of Ohio. Declined. 

1889.— The Eev. Henry Y. Satterlee, D.D. Elected 
Bishop of Michigan. Declined. 

1889.— The Rev. Edward Abbott. Elected Mission- 
ary Bishop, with jurisdiction in Japan. Declined. 

1890.— The Rev. John S. Lindsay, D.D. Elected 
Assistant Bishop of Alabama. Declined. 

1890.— The Rev. W. S. Langford, D.D. Elected 
Missionary Bishop to Japan. Declined. 



NOTES 



The First Ordination in America. — The question 
has arisen whether, in fact, Ashhel Baldwin was the 
first person ordained in the American Church, and it 
can be best answered from the Official Register of 
Bishop Seabury, printed in the Journal of the Diocese 
of Connecticut, a.d. 1882, which reads as follows : " At 
an ordination held in Christ Church, Middletown, on 
the third day of August, 1785, Colin Ferguson, A.M., 
of Washington College, Maryland : Kecommenclecl 
by Dr. Wm. Smith, Messrs. John McPherson, Wm. 
Thompson and others : 

" Henry Van Dyke, A.M., Ashbel Baldwin, A.M., 
Philo Shelton, A.M., recommended by the clergy of 
Conn., were admitted Deacons." 

The Editor leaves the curious to make their own 
decision as to the first one ordained. There is a tra- 
dition in his family that the candidates were so placed 
that Philo Shelton was the first one upon which the 
Bishop laid his hands. 

The " proviso," mentioned on page 40, was repealed 
a.d. 1840-41. 

The first Act is printed in Hid and IVth Victoria, 
Statutes at large, chap. 33, p. 537, July 23, 1840. 



xxvi NOTES. 

The second Act is printed in Vth Victoria, cbap. 6, 
33, pp. 910, 911. 

The volume is in the Law Library of Philadelphia. 

Upon the repeal of this Act, an invitation was sent to 
The Right Rev. George W.Doane,D.D., Bishop of New 
Jersey, from the Rev. Dr. Hook, Vicar of Leeds, ask- 
ing the Bishop to preach the sermon on the occasion 
of the consecration of the magnificent Parish Church 
just then completed. The invitation was accepted, 
and that was the first sermon ever preached in Eng- 
land by an American Bishop. 



On 276 it will be noticed that Bishop Welles is 
ranked as " third Bishop of Wisconsin, and first of 
Milwaukee." The Diocese of Wisconsin was originally 
co-terminous with the State. In 1875 a portion was 
set off, and a new Diocese formed under the title of 
Fond du Lac (see p. 299). In the year 1886 the title 
of the mother Diocese was changed to that of " The 
Diocese of Milwaukee." 



It will be observed, in many cases, that the names 
of Bishops are recorded whose names do not appear 
in the official letters of consecration as published in 
the General Convention Journal. The reason is, that 
in all such cases those Bishops were present and as- 
sisting in the consecration, but did not sign the 
letters. It has been no easy task to make this search, 
but the importance of it seemed to make it well worth 
the trouble. 



The Right Rev. Ethelbert Talbot and The Right 



NOTES. xxv ii 

Rev. Abiel Leonard were born in the same town; 
studied in the" same school; graduated together at 
Dartmouth College and at the General Theological 
Seminary, and were ordained together, both as Deacon 
and Priest. 

Both were chosen Missionary Bishops, and their 
jurisdictions are side by side. 



Benjamin Hoadly, born at Westerham, Kent, 1676, 
died 1761, successively Bishop of Bangor, Hereford, 
Salisbury, and Winchester; and John Hoadly, born at 
Tottenham, High Cross, Middlesex, 1678, died 1746, 
successively Bishop of Leighlin and Femes, Archbishop 
of Dublin, Archbishop of Armagh, — were sons of Rev. 
Samuel Hoadly, who was born at Guilford, Connecti- 
cut, 1643, and died at Norwich, England, 1705, Mas- 
ter of the Free Grammar School there, having never 
had any Church preferment. Rev. Samuel Hoadly was 
the eldest son of John Hoadly, one of the first settlers 
of Guilford, Connecticut, 1639, and subsequently Chap- 
lain to General Monk and the garrison at Edinburgh 
Castle. He was born 1617, and died at Rolvenden, 
Kent, 1668. . 



xxviii NOTES. 

THE SUCCESSION OF AKCHBISHOPS* IN THE 
AMEEICAN CHURCH. 

Bishop Seabury from November 14, 1784, to Febru- 
ary 25, 1796. 

Bishop White from February 25, 1796, to July 17, 
1836. 

Bishop Griswold from July 17, 1836, to February 
16, 1842. 

Bishop Chase from February 16, 1842, to September 
20, 1852. 

Bishop Brownell from September 20, 1852, to 
January 13, 1865. 

Bishop Hopkins from January 13, 1865, to January 
9, 1868. 

Bishop Smith from January 9, 1868, to May 31, 
1884. 

Bishop Lee from May 31, 1884, to April 12, 1887. 

Bishop Wiiliams since April 12, 1887. 

* This title of Archbishops is used advisedly. The editor is quite 
well aware that it will make some Churchmen shiver, but if they will 
look into their dictionaries they will find the title means no more than 
that of ' ; Presiding Bishop." As we have the thing, why be frightened 
at the name ? 



INDEX. 



PAGE 

Vdams, William Forbes 285 

Armitage, William Edmond 227 

Atkinson, Thomas 174 

Atwill, Edward Robert 3S6 

Auer, John Gottleib 2G8 

Bass, Edward 62 

Beckwith, John Watrus 235 

Bedell, Gregory Thurston 192 

Bissell, William Henry Augustus. 239 

Boone, William Jones 146 

Boone, William Jones 343 

Bowen, Nathaniel 83 

Bowman, Samuel ... . 185 

B re wer, Leigh Richmond 324 

Brown, John Henry Ho bart 298 

Brovvnell, Thomas Church 89 

Burgess, Alexander 309 

Burgess, George 155 

Chase, Carlton 140 

Chase, Philander So 

Claggett, Thomas John 58 

Clark, Thomas March 183 

Clarkson, Robert Harper 215 

Cobbs, Nicholas Hamner 142 

Coleman, Leighton 365 

Coxe, Arthur Cleveland 208 

Croes, John 81 

Cummins, George David 225 

Davis, Thomas Frederick 172 

Davies, Thomas Frederick 380 

Dehon, Theodore 75 

De Lancey, William Heathcote.. 124 

Doane, George Washington 113 

Doane, William Croswell 248 

Dudley, Thomas Underwood 287 

Dunlop, George Kelly 322 

Eastburn, Manton.... 136 



PAGE 

Elliott, Robert Woodward Barn- 
well 278 

Elliott, Stephen, Jr 130 

Ferguson, Samuel David 351 

Freeman, George Washington... 148 

Gadsden, Christopher Edwards.. 126 

Galleher, John Nicholas 320 

Garrett, Alexander Charles 283 

Gilbert, Mahlon Norris 355 

Gillespie, George DeNormandie. 291 

Grafton, Charles Chapman 375 

Graves, Anson Rogers 382 

Green, William Mercer 159 

Gregg, Alexander 187 

Griswold, Alexander Yiets 73 

Hare. William Hobart 266 

Harris, Samuel Smith 316 

Hawks, Cicero Stephens 144 

Henshaw, John Prentiss Kewley. 135 

Hobart, John Henry 70 

Hopkins, John Henry 104 

Howe, Mark Antony DeWolfe. .. 263 

Howe, William Bell White 261 

Huntington, Frederic Dan 250 

Ives, Levi Silliman 102 

Jackson, Henry Melville 389 

Jaggar, Thomas Augustus 293 

Jar vis, Abraham , 64 

Johns, John 134 

Johnston, James Steptoe 361 

Kemp, James 79 

Kemper, Jackson 117 

Kendrick, John Mills 368 

Kerfoot, John Barrett 219 

Kip, William Ingraham.. 176 

xxix 



XXX 



INDEX. 



PAGE 

Knickerbacker, David Buel 332 

Knight, Cyrus Frederick „. 373 

Lay, Henry Champlin 197 

Lee, Alfred .... 132 

Lee, Henry Washington 179 

Leonard, Abiel 363 

Leonard, William Andrew 378 

Littlejohn, Abrarn Newkirk 245 

Lyman, Theodore Benedict 272 

McCroskrv, Samuel Allen 120 

Mcllvaine, Charles Petit 100 

McLaren, William Edward 295 

Madison, James 56 

Meade, William 96 

Moore, Benjamin 66 

Moore, Richard Channing 77 

Morris, Benjamin Wistar 243 

Neely, Henry Adams 229 

Nichols, William Ford 384 

Niles, William Woodruff 257 

Odenlieimer, William Henry 190 

Onderdonk, Benjamin Tredwell.. 100 

Onderdonk, Henry Ustick 94 

Otey, James Hervey 115 

Paddock, Benjamin Henry 270 

Paddock, John Adams 325 

Paret, William 347 

Parker, Samuel 68 

Payne, John...... 161 

Penick, Charles Clifton.... 305 

Perry, William Stevens ... 300 

Peterkin, George William 311 

Pierce, Henry Niles 255 

Pinkney, William 259 

Polk, Leonidas. 122 

Potter, Alonzo 153 

Potter, Horatio 181 

Potter, Henry Codman 334 

Provoost, Samuel 54 

Quintard, Charles Todd 213 

Randall, George Maxwell 217 

Randolph, Alfred Magill 337 

Ravenscroft, John Stark 91 



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Robertson, Charles Franklin 241 

Rulison, Nelson Somerville 345 

Rutledge, Francis Huger 163 

Scarborough, John 289 

Schereschewsky, Samuel Isaac 

Joseph 307 

Scott, Thomas Fielding 178 

Seabury, Samuel ' 47 

Seymour, George Franklin 313 

Smith, Benjamin Bosworth 107 

Smith, Robert 60 

Southgate, Horatio 150 

Spalding. John Franklin. 274 

Starkey, Thomas Alfred 318 

Stevens, William Bacon 201 

Stone, William Murray 98 

Talbot, Ethelbert 359 

Talbot, Joseph Cruikshank 199 

Thomas, Elisha Smith 357 

Thompson, Hugh Miller 329 

Tuttle, Daniel Sylvester 231 

Upfold, George 157 

Vail, Thomas Hubbard 206 

Vincent, Boyd 370 

Wainwright, Jonathan Mayhew.. 169 

Walker, William David 339 

Watson, Alfred Augustin 341 

Weed, Edwin Gardner 353 

Welles, Edward Randolph 276 

Whipple, Henry Benjamin 195 

White, William 51 

Whitehead, Cortlandt 327 

Whitehouse, Henry John 167 

Whitaker, Ozi William 253 

Whittingham, William Rollinson 128 

Whittle, Francis McNeece.. 237 

Williams, Channing Moore 221 

Williams, John 165 

Wilmer, Joseph Pere Bell 223 

Wilmer', Richard Hooker 204 

Wingfield, John Henry Ducachet 280 

Worthington, George 349 

Young, John Freeman 233 



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